Vannina Santoni

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.

Ce Blu-ray est un enregistrement splendide d'une production créative avec des voix et une direction formidables, qui n'a rien à envier aux vidéos du MET. Il tend également à être effrayant et atmosphérique, avec une musique qui n'a rien à envier à celle que Gounod a écrite pour son FAUST. Recommandé aux amateurs d'horreur et d'opéra !

Ces nouvelles "Noces de Figaro" sont l’occasion pour Jérémie Rhorer de revenir au compositeur et pour le cinéaste américain James Gray de faire ses premiers pas à l’opéra. Cet opéra fait l'objet d'une captation télévisuelle réalisée par Louise Narboni.

The first words uttered by Carmen mark one of the greatest entrances in the history of opera and express all that need be said: “Love is a rebellious bird that no one can tame…” With a devilish sway of the hips and a hint of Andalusian flair, the beautiful cigar-maker sets her sights on a soldier: Don José. Fate will do the rest.

In a kingdom where day is night and noon chills the blood, a prince suspects his mysterious wife to be in love with his half-brother. But where does Mélisande come from? And what do we really know about the two heroes' silent love? A single opera was all it took for Debussy to transform the history of music forever. Opéra de Lille presents us with a Mélisande full of vitality and determination, far from the familiar ethereal figure. In the pit, François-Xavier Roth and his internationally renowned ensemble Les Siècles, playing on period instruments, lend new colours to a score which we thought we knew.