Metropolitan Opera House
30 Lincoln Center Plaza
212.362.6000
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Carmen
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Dec 31, 2009 – May 1, 2010
Daily
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- Price
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$20 - $375
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There's something about Carmen — for her, men cast aside principles to fall headlong into a life of crime. Directed by veteran Richard Eyre, this starkly realistic and visceral update of Bizet's classic opera sets the mood with an immediate streak of blood across the curtain — a truly striking image in the Met's chandelier-adorned digs. Aided throughout by Rob Howell's simple yet transformative sets, this departure from Franco Zeffirelli's famously ornate style pays off with a terrific final scene as well as choreographer Christopher Wheeldon's interlude ballets, which powerfully highlight the tension of love unfulfilled.
