S51 Ep23

Great Performances at the Met: Carmen

Name: Great Performances at the Met: Carmen Preview
Uploaded: 2024-06-14T00:00:00+00:00
Duration: 30 s
Description: Acclaimed English director Carrie Cracknell makes her Met debut, resetting the classic story to the modern day that moves the focus to issues that could not be more relevant today: gendered violence, abusive labor structures, and the desire to break through societal boundaries.

Premiere: 6/14/2024 | 00:00:30 |

Acclaimed English director Carrie Cracknell makes her Met debut, resetting the classic story to the modern day that moves the focus to issues that could not be more relevant today: gendered violence, abusive labor structures, and the desire to break through societal boundaries.

Features

Clip | Aigul Akhmetshina Performs “Habanera” from Carmen at the Met

TRANSCRIPT

TRANSCRIPT

♪♪♪ Can the love of a good man tame a wild and free woman, or will she be his ruin -- or worse?

♪♪♪ more moving than ever in this modern-day production of Bizets tragic opera.

Thrill to the sensational Aigul Akhmetshina, Piotr Beczaa, Angel Blue and Kyle Ketelsen in “Carmen” on Great Performances at the Met.