Event starts on Monday, 6 February 2023 and happening at New York, New York. “Carmen” a scandal at its premiere but soon after became a triumphal success and has remained one of the most frequently staged operas in the world. In October 2012, Professor Enders class Nineteenth-Century French Literature (1800-1850) spent an evening at the Metropolitan Opera House to see the opera. Carmen - Live at the Metropolitan Opera House Hosted By NYC Concert Guide. The opera’s melodic sweep is as irresistible as the title character herself, a force of nature who has become a defining female cultural figure. The major solos are excellent combinations of arresting melody and dramatic purpose - from the baritone’s famous Toreador Song to the tenor’s wrenching Flower Song to the title character’s alluring Habanera and Seguidilla - and the duets and ensembles are equally beguiling.īizet’s masterpiece of the gypsy seductress who lives by her own rules has had an impact far beyond the opera house. The score of “Carmen” contains so many instantly recognizable tunes that it can be easy to overlook how well constructed it is. Her dusky mezzo was ideally suited to the role of Carmen, and in the early 1950s she filmed some extracts for American television. Description, Two French mezzo-sopranos, Sophie Koch and Clémentine Margaine, alternate as Bizet’s immortal heroine. The opera was broadcast twelve times between 19 and Stevens took the title role in eleven of those. Louis Langree conducts Sir Richard Eyre’s powerful production, a Met favorite since its 2009 premiere. Risë Stevens dominated the role of Carmen at the Met like no other soprano before her. Richard Eyre’s stunning production returns with two of its great leading ladies. Mezzo-soprano Clementine Margaine reprises her remarkable portrayal of opera’s ultimate seductress, a triumph in her 2017 debut performance, with impassioned tenor Roberto Alagna who captivated audiences as her lover, Don Jose, in 2010.
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