The 2020-21 Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast season continues with Bizet’s Carmen, a 2014 performance featuring mezzo-soprano Anita Rachvelishvili in the role that brought her international stardom.
She sang the title character of the gypsy who prizes her freedom above everything else, opposite tenor Aleksandrs Antonenko as the volatile and jealous Don José. Soprano Anita Hartig was the virtuous Micaëla, and bass Ildar Abdrazakov sang the swaggering bullfighter Escamillo.
Pablo Heras-Casado conducted the Met Orchestra and Chorus in Bizet’s blockbuster score, one of the most beloved operas in the repertory.
Carmen will be heard over the Toll Brothers-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network at 1:00 p.m. ET on Saturday, March 6. Listen to it on Classical IPR.
Click here to view an English translation of the libretto.