Overview

Don José is a guard who begins an affair with the tempestuous Carmen. He is imprisoned and loses his job, then flees with her to the mountains. When the relationship starts to break down José refuses to acknowledge it and will not leave, even when he gets news that his mother is dying. Carmen, meanwhile, has taken up with the bullfighter Escamillo. Bizet's most famous opera is brought to the Glyndebourne Festival Opera by Sir Peter Hall, with Maria Ewing and Barry McCauley heading an international cast.

Top Cast

M

Malcolm Walker

Moralès

Marie McLaughlin

Micaëla

B

Barry McCauley

Don José

Xavier Depraz

Zuniga

Maria Ewing

Carmen

E

Elizabeth Collier

Frasquita

Jean Rigby

Mercédès

F

Frederico Davià

Lillas Pastia

D

David Holloway

Escamillo

Gordon Sandison

Le Dancaïre

P

Petros Evangelides

Le Remendado

R

Robert Neil Kingham

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