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Carmen
- When
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Saturday Nov 7, 2009 (noon & 7:30pm)
- Where
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Directions: Subway: 1,2,3, B, C trains to 96th Street (two stops from Times Square on 2,3 trains). Bus: M104 up- or downtown to 94th Street; M96 crosstown to Broadway
- Price
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$26; Members $24; Five or more: $23, Members $21
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Daniel Barenboim conducts Teatro alla Scala's opening night production of Bizet's Carmen, starring Jonas Kaufmann, Erwin Schrott, Adriana Damata, and Anita Rachvelishvili. The 12 noon high definition screening is a live feed from Milan, which will be broadcast again on delay at 7:30 pm.
Every year, on December 7th, La Scala officially inaugurates its opera season with an opening night regarded as one of European society’s most important cultural events. This year, for the second time since the birth of Teatro alla Scala in 1778, thanks to the continuing collaboration of Emerging Pictures & RAI Trade, audiences in cinemas throughout the world will be able to experience this event live.
Young Georges Bizet, who died soon after the first run of Carmen, never enjoyed the success and fame of his creation. Carmen wasn’t initially well received, but became and still is one of the most famous and most popular works in the opera repertoire.
For this production, La Scala has gathered the new generation of opera stars, including the German tenor Jonas Kaufmann, the Uruguayan baritone Erwin Schrott, the Italian soprano Adriana Damata, and newest revelation Georgian mezzo-soprano Anita Rachvelishvili, won the Leyla Gencer Voice Competition last year.
Don José: Jonas Kaufmann
Escamillo: Erwin Schrott
Carmen: Anita Rachvelishvili
Micaëla: Adriana Damato
Conductor: Daniel Barenboim
Staging & Costumes: Emma Dante
Sets: Richard Peduzzi
Lights: Dominique Bruguière
