Presented by Katie Derham. Thursday Opera Matinee - Bizet's Carmen. As in the concert hall, Mahler's repertoire in the opera house ranged beyond the Austro-German tradition, and included Bizet's tragic tale of gypsies, cigarettes, jealousy and murder. Bizet Carmen Carmen ... Nadia Krasteva (mezzo-soprano) Don José ... Massimo Giordano (tenor) Escamillo ... Ildebrando D'Arcangelo (baritone) Micaëla ... Anna Netrebko (soprano) Zuniga ... Alexandru Moisiuc (bass) Morales ... Boaz Daniel (baritone) Frasquita ... Anita Hartig (soprano) Mercédès ... Zoryana Kushpler (soprano) Le Dancaïre ... Tae Joong Yang (baritone) Le Remendado ... Herwig Pecoraro (tenor) Vienna State Opera Chorus & Orchestra Andris Nelsons (conductor).