Georges Bizet - Carmen - Opera Australia (2013) [Full Blu-ray]

Carmen, a tempestuous opera written by Georges Bizet, is set in the city of Seville, Spain. Carmen is sexy and capricious, and freely taunts the soldiers around her saying she will love or discard whom she chooses just as she pleases. But, after attacking another woman at the cigarette factory with a knife Carmen has to use her seductive skills on her guard, Don Jose, to escape going to prison. Passion between Don Jose and Carmen, and Escamillo, a celebrated toreador who is infatuated with her, leads to jealousy, violence and death. Rinat Shaham with her sublime singing dominates the bull-fighting arena as the provocative and alluring Carmen, while Dmytro Popov portrays Don Jose with a perfect mix of naivety and mad desire, his rich tenor rolling out across the bay. Andrew Jones gives a strong dramatic presence as Escamillo, and Nicole Car, one of Australia's best young operatic voices, is the sweet Micaela. With the Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra and conductor Brian Castles-Onion, a gritty set design, sumptuous bold costumes, stunning choreography, and the inestimable direction of Gale Edwards and Bizet's glorious opera is brought to life like never before in this second Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour.

Georges Bizet (1838-1875)

CARMEN (1873-1874)

Carmen – Rinat Shaham
Don José – Dmytro Popov
Escamillo – Andrew Jones
Micaëla – Nicole Car
Frasquita – Ariya Sawadivong
Mercédès – Tania Ferris
Remendado – Sam Roberts-Smith
Dancairo – Luke Gabbedy
Zuniga – Adrian Tamburini
Moralès – Samuel Dundas

Opera Australia Chorus
(chorus master: Michael Black)
Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra
Brian Castles-Onion, conductor

Gale Edwards, stage director
Brian Thomson, set designer
Julie Lynch, costume designer
John Rayment, lighting designer
Kelley Abbey, choreographer

Recorded live from on Sydney Harbour, Mrs Macquaries Point, Royal Botanic Gardens, 2 and 4 April 2013

Bonus:
Cast gallery

Production: Opera Australia
Runtime: 2:21:24
Quality: Blu-ray
Container: BDMV
Video codec: AVC
Audio codec: DTS,LPCM
Video: MPEG-4 AVC Video / 33815 kbps / 1080i / 29.970 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio#1: French DTS-HD MA 5.1 / 48 kHz / 3840 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
Audio#2: French LPCM 2.0 / 48 kHz / 2304 kbps / 24-bit
Subtitles: English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Korean