Bizet's Carmen returns to the Paris Opera for a production to kindle every passion, starring the incandescent Elīna Garanča in the title role and Roberto Alagna as Don José—as well as Maria Agresta as Micaëla and Ildar Abdrazakov as Escamillo! In this provocative staging by Calixto Bieito, our heroine takes on a grittier and less exoticized disposition, making her tragic plight resound with real-world implications.
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