CARMEN (Bizet) -- New Production

Acclaimed English director Carrie Cracknell makes her Met debut, reinvigorating the classic story of deadly passion with a staging that moves the action to the present day, amid a band of human traffickers. Mezzo-soprano Aigul Akhmetshina leads a powerhouse quartet of stars in the touchstone role of the irresistible femme fatale.

Daniele Rustioni; Angel Blue (Micaëla), Aigul Akhmetshina (Carmen), Piotr Beczala (Don José), Kyle Ketelsen (Escamillo)

Carrie Cracknell (Production); Michael Levine (Set Designer), Tom Scutt (Costume Designer), Guy Hoare (Lighting Designer), rocafilm/Roland Horvath (Projection Designer), Ann Yee (Choreographer)