Carmen at Metropolitan Opera House

Acclaimed worldwide for her performances in the title role, Georgian mezzo-soprano Anita Rachvelishvili brings her Carmen back to the Met. Filled with passion, jealousy, drama and death, Georges Bizet's classic opera revolves around a beautiful but hot-tempered Spanish gypsy girl who seduces a young corporal named Don José. The naive young man gives up everything for her, leaving his former love, rebelling against his superiors and joining a gang of smugglers. But when Carmen tires of him and moves on to the bullfighter Escamillo, Don José is driven by betrayal and jealousy to exact violent revenge. The French composer's score includes the instantly recognizable Carmen's habanera, "The Toreador Song" and more. Rachvelishvili made her Metropolitan Opera debut in the role in 2011, returning in 2012 and 2013, and has also performed Carmen at such acclaimed houses as La Scala, the Royal Opera-Covent Garden, Teatro Regio in Torino, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Bavarian State Opera, Arena di Verona and the Seattle Opera.