Bizet Carmen
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2hrs
46mins
Directed by
Matthias Hartmann,
Felix Breisach,
Starring
Jonas Kaufmann,
Vesselina Kasarova,
Michele Pertusi,
Isabel Rey
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Live recording from Oper Zurich, 2008, DVD release 2014. Jonas Kaufmann, 'the Prince of Tenors', appears with international star Vesselina Kasarova in Zürich Opera's starkly palpable staging of Bizet's ever-popular Carmen. The production sees Don José (Kaufmann) abandon his teenage attitudes in pursuit of Kasarova's free and independent Carmen - realising too late that his self-control has vanished, along with his youth.
