One of the most popular operas of all time, Carmen is about sex, violence, and racism and its corollary: freedom, says Olivier Award-winning director Richard Eyre about his new production of Bizets drama. It is one of the inalienably great works of art. Its sexy, in every sense. And Ithink it should be shocking. Angela Gheorghiu plays the seductive gypsy of the title in her role debut, opposite Roberto Alagna as the obsessed Don Jos.
Cast, repertory, and schedule subject to change.
The Metropolitan Opera, now celebrating its 126th anniversary season, has selected Charlottesvilles Paramount Theater as a broadcast venue for the fourth series of The Met: Live in HD.
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