Opera on 3 - Bizet's Carmen

From the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Louise Fryer presents a recent revival of Francesca Zambello's colourful Royal Opera House production of Bizet's Carmen, a work which is one of the most popular of all time and which has been called 'the perfect opera'. Frenchman Bertrand de Billy, a celebrated conductor of Carmen, leads Latvian mezzo-soprano Elina Garanca in the title role alongside Sicilian/French tenor Roberto Alagna, for whom Don Jose has long been a special role. Bizet: Carmen Carmen ...... Elina Garanca (mezzo-soprano) Don Jose ...... Roberto Alagna (tenor) Escamillo ...... Ildebrando D'Arcangelo (bass) Micaela ...... Liping Zhang (soprano) Morales ...... Changhan Lim (baritone) Zuniga ...... Henry Waddington (bass) Frasquita ...... Eri Nakamura (soprano) Mercedes ...... Louise Innes (mezzo-soprano) Le Dancaire ...... Adrian Clarke (baritone) Le Remendado ...... Vincent Ordonneau (tenor) Royal Opera Chorus Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Bertrand de Billy (conductor).