Live recording from Oper Zurich, 2008, DVD release 2014. Jonas Kaufmann, 'the Prince of Tenors', appears with international star Vesselina Kasarova in Zürich Opera's starkly palpable staging of Bizet's ever-popular Carmen. The production sees Don José (Kaufmann) abandon his teenage attitudes in pursuit of Kasarova's free and independent Carmen - realising too late that his self-control has vanished, along with his youth.
Matthias Hartmann | Director |
Felix Breisach | Director |
Georges Bizet | Original Music Composer |
Henri Meilhac | Writer |
Ludovic Halévy | Writer |
Prosper Mérimée | Original Story |
Franz Welser-Möst | Music Director |