Bizet Carmen
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.
Genre: Music
Cast: Jonas Kaufmann, Vesselina Kasarova, Michele Pertusi, Isabel Rey, Morgan Moody, Krešimir Stražanac, Michele Pertusi, Sen Guo, Judith Schmid, Gabriel Bermúdez, Javier Camarena, Franz Welser-Möst
Crew: Matthias Hartmann (Director), Ludovic Halévy (Writer), Felix Breisach (Director), Prosper Mérimée (Original Story), Franz Welser-Möst (Music Director)