Carmen - Glyndebourne Festival Opera
1985
174 minutes
Overview
Don José is a guard who begins an affair with the tempestuous Carmen. He is imprisoned and loses his job, then flees with her to the mountains. When the relationship starts to break down José refuses to acknowledge it and will not leave, even when he gets news that his mother is dying. Carmen, meanwhile, has taken up with the bullfighter Escamillo. Bizet's most famous opera is brought to the Glyndebourne Festival Opera by Sir Peter Hall, with Maria Ewing and Barry McCauley heading an international cast.
Top Cast
Malcolm Walker
Moralès
Marie McLaughlin
Micaëla
Barry McCauley
Don José
Xavier Depraz
Zuniga
Maria Ewing
Carmen
Elizabeth Collier
Frasquita
Jean Rigby
Mercédès
Frederico Davià
Lillas Pastia
David Holloway
Escamillo
Gordon Sandison
Le Dancaïre
Petros Evangelides
Le Remendado
Robert Neil Kingham
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