DVD + Blu-Ray:
Carmen under the baton of Sir John Eliot Gardiner

Bizet’s Carmen staged by Adrian Noble at the Opéra Comique conducted by Sir John Eliot Gardiner with Anna Caterina Antonacci in the title role.

Carmen received its premiere at the Opéra Comique in Paris in 1875, and this internationally acclaimed production, performed on period instruments by the excellent Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique conducted by period music specialist Sir John Eliot Gardiner, represents a triumphant return to its home theatre.
‘Stage director Adrian Noble, a former head of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, created an intense, elegant, cliché-free staging that tells the story with an engaging freshness. The grand Italian soprano Anna Caterina Antonacci was in top form for this role’ (operatoday.com).
‘Carmen has never sounded more revolutionary, romantic or thrillingly vibrant’ (The Times, London).

Opéra-comique in four acts (1875)
Libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy after the novella Carmen by Prosper Mérimée

Carmen ANNA CATERINA ANTONACCI Soprano
Don José ANDREW RICHARDS Tenor
Micaëla ANNE-CATHERINE GILLET Soprano
Escamillo NICOLAS CAVALLIER Bass-baritone

MAÎTRISE DES HAUTS-DE-SEINE
MONTEVERDI CHOIR
ORCHESTRE RÉVOLUTIONNAIRE ET ROMANTIQUE
Conductor SIR JOHN ELIOT GARDINER

Stage Director ADRIAN NOBLE
Set and Costume Designer MARK THOMPSON

Film Director FRANÇOIS ROUSSILLON
Filmed on 22 and 25 June 2009 at the Opéra Comique, Paris, France

[2.110685-86 / NBD0127V]
Total playing time: 168 minutes
Language: French · Subtitles: French, English, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean
DVD: NTSC 16:9 · PCM stereo and DTS 5.0 · 2 DVD 9 · Region: 0
BD: HD 16:9 · PCM stereo and DTS-MA 5.0 · BD 50 · Region: A, B, C