Bizet Carmen
2014
166 minutes
Overview
Live recording from Oper Zurich, 2008, DVD release 2014. Jonas Kaufmann, 'the Prince of Tenors', appears with international star Vesselina Kasarova in Zürich Opera's starkly palpable staging of Bizet's ever-popular Carmen. The production sees Don José (Kaufmann) abandon his teenage attitudes in pursuit of Kasarova's free and independent Carmen - realising too late that his self-control has vanished, along with his youth.
Top Cast
Jonas Kaufmann
Don José
Vesselina Kasarova
Carmen
Michele Pertusi
Escamillo
Isabel Rey
Micaëla
Morgan Moody
Zuniga
Krešimir Stražanac
Moralés
Michele Pertusi
Sen Guo
Judith Schmid
Gabriel Bermúdez
Javier Camarena
Franz Welser-Möst
Conductor