Bizet - Carmen (Met, 2014, Antonenko, Rachvelishvili) (320kbps .mp3)

This evening's Opera from the Met is a performance of Bizet's ever-popular and well-loved opera, Carmen. Mezzo-soprano Anita Rachvelishvili portrays the femme fatale Carmen, with tenor Aleksandrs Antonenko as her hapless lover Don José, in this tale of seduction and betrayal. Pablo Heras-Casado conducts the Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera House, New York.

01. Bizet - Carmen, Act I
01a. Bizet - Carmen, introductory commentary
02. Bizet - Carmen, Act II
02a. Bizet - Carmen, commentary after Act I
03. Bizet - Carmen, Act III
03b. Bizet - Carmen, commentary after Act III
04. Bizet - Carmen, Act IV

This performance from 2014 is presented from the Met by Mary-Jo Heath and commentator Ira Siff.

Don Jose.....Aleksandrs Antonenko (Tenor)
Carmen.....Anita Rachvelishvili (Mezzo-soprano)
Micaela.....Anita Hartig (Soprano)
Escamillo.....Ildar Abdrazakov (Bass)
Frasquita.....Kiri Deonarine (Soprano)
Mercedes.....Jennifer Johnson Cano (Mezzo-soprano)
Le Remendado.....Eduardo Valdes (Tenor)
Le Dancaire.....Malcolm Mackenzie (Baritone)
Zuniga.....Keith Miller (Bass)
Morales.....John Moore (Baritone)
New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
New York Metropolitan Opera Chorus
Pablo Heras-Casado (Conductor)