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The Met in HD, Carmen, 2010

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“With this production, the Met have struck gold.”
Reviewed at Lincoln Center: Metropolitan Opera House, New York City on 16 January 2010
Bizet, Carmen
Metropolitan Opera
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Conductor
Sir Richard Eyre, Director
Barbara Frittoli, Micaëla
Elīna Garanča, Carmen
Roberto Alagna, Don José
Teddy Tahu Rhodes, Escamillo
Elizabeth Caballero, Frasquita
Sandra Piques Eddy, Mercédès
Keith Jameson, Le Remendado
Earle Patriarco, Le Dancaïre
Trevor Scheunemann, Moralès
Keith Miller, Zuniga
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