The Met in HD: Carmen 

ADMISSION: 
Admission is free. Reservations required. 

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DESCRIPTION: 
Experience award-winning opera as you’ve never seen it before—larger than life with better-than-front-row angles, glorious sound, and exclusive access behind the scenes—in this state-of-the-art transmission of The Met’s vital new production of Carmen.  

Acclaimed English director Carrie Cracknell reinvigorates one of opera’s most enduringly powerful works with a staging that moves the action to the modern day and finds at the heart of the drama issues that could not be more relevant today: gendered violence, abusive labor structures, and the desire to break through societal boundaries. Dazzling young mezzo-soprano Aigul Akhmetshina leads a powerhouse quartet of stars in the complex and volatile title role, alongside tenor Piotr Beczala as Carmen’s troubled lover Don José, soprano Angel Blue as the loyal Micaëla, and bass-baritone Kyle Ketelsen as the swaggering Escamillo. Daniele Rustioni conducts Bizet’s heart-pounding score.

The opera will be preceded by a discussion hosted by Ken Cazan, resident stage director and professor of opera at the USC Thornton School of Music. 

Schedule: 
1 p.m.: Pre-opera discussion  
2 p.m.: HD opera broadcast 

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Presented by USC Visions and Voices. Organized by the USC School of Cinematic Arts in conjunction with the USC Thornton School of Music and the Metropolitan Opera.