Metropolitan Opera to Present Elīna Garanča & Roberto Alagna’s Legendary 2010 ‘Carmen’ in HD
By Francisco Salazar(Credit: Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera)
The Metropolitan Opera will continue it Live in HD series celebrating with the 2010 performance of Bizet’s “Carmen” on Nov. 14.
The legendary recording is remains the bestselling title in the series’s 20-year history.
The production directed by Richard Eyre stars mezzo-soprano Elīna Garanča in the title role, opposite tenor Roberto Alagna as Don José. Soprano Barbara Frittoli sings the role of Micaëla, with baritone Teddy Tahu Rhodes as Escamillo.
The production was conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin, who at the time was conducting his first opera at the Met. The HD recording was originally transmitted live on Jan. 16, 2010.
The 2026–27 Live in HD season will continue with Saint-Saëns’s “Samson et Dalila,” Puccini’s “La Fanciulla del West,” and Kevin Puts’s “Silent Night,” among others.
