Carmen - Liceu Opera Barcelona
Opera
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2h 35m
Bizet’s masterpiece Carmen is performed at Barcelona’s Gran Teatre del Liceu with an outstanding quartet of lead vocalists and visually stimulating staging by Calixto Bieito. Conducted by Marc Piollet, the production features Béatrice Uria-Monzon as “a splendid and sensual” (El Periódico) Carmen, Roberto Alagna as Don José, Marina Poplavskaya as Micaela and Erwin Schrott as Escamillo.
Composer: Georges Bizet
Conductor: Marc Piollet
Venue: Gran Teatre del Liceu
Orchestra: Gran Teatre del Liceu Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
Cast/Soloist: Béatrice Uria-Monzon, Roberto Alagna, Marina Poplavskaya, Erwin Schrott
Genre: Opera
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