The ROH Live: Carmen

The young soldier Don José intends to marry Micaëla, a girl from his home village. But when he meets the sensual and high-spirited Carmen, he sacrifices everything to be with her. Carmen grows tired of Don José and falls in love with the toreador Escamillo. Unable to bear her leaving him, Don José tracks Carmen down to a bullring where Escamillo is fighting and murders her.

Cast

A

Alexander Joel

Conductor

Anita Rachvelishvili

Carmen

A

Andrea Carè

Don José

Gábor Bretz

Escamillo

Sonya Yoncheva

Micaëla

V

Vlada Borovko

Frasquita

R

Rachel Kelly

Mercédès

Adrian Clarke

Le Dancaïre

H

Harry Nicoll

Le Remendado

Nicolas Courjal

Zuniga

S

Samuel Dale Johnson

Moralès

S

Sergey Levitin

Concert Master