Bizet: Carmen

About Bizet: Carmen

Richard Eyre’s stunning new production of Bizet’s opera was the talk of the town when it was unveiled on New Year’s Eve 2009. Elīna Garanča leads the cast as the iconic gypsy of the title—a woman desired by every man but determined to remain true to herself.

Bizet: Carmen (2010) is a music film directed by Gary Halvorson and Richard Eyre. Released in January 2010, it runs 166 minutes.

Roberto Alagna takes the lead as Don José, Elīna Garanča as Carmen, Barbara Frittoli as Mickaela, and Teddy Tahu Rhodes as Escamillo. The screenplay is by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy. In the United States it streams on Carnegie Hall+ Amazon Channel and Carnegie Hall+ Apple TV channel.

It carries a PG-13 rating.