Clémentine Margaine

With a devilish sway of the hips and a hint of Andalusian flair, Carmen, the beautiful cigar-maker sets her sights on a soldier: Don José. Fate will do the rest. Composed to a libretto by Meilhac and Halévy based on Prosper Mérimée’s novella, the opera exploded the boundaries between tragedy and comedy with a modernity that caused a scandal at the time. Can we kill the one we love with love? The fiery beauty of Bizet’s music, where one unforgettable aria follows another, has worked year in, year out to make it the world’s most performed opera.

Spiced with Italian buffa, L’Heure espagnole transports us to Torquemada’s clock shop, the scene of his wife Concepcion’s infidelities.

La mezzo-soprano Clémentine Margaine reprend au Metropolitan Opera son remarquable portrait de l'ultime séductrice de l'opéra, triomphe lors de ses débuts en 2017, avec les ténors passionnés Yonghoon Lee et Roberto Alagna dans le rôle de son amant, Don José. Omer Meir Wellber et Louis Langrée se partagent la direction de la puissante production de Sir Richard Eyre, un favori du Met depuis sa création en 2009.

As Aragon descends into unrest, a count jealously fights for a noble lady's heart. But she has already given it to a passionate troubadour whose mother holds a terrible secret.