Elina Garanca - Carmen | Bizet 🎬 

There is only one word to describe Elina... Magnificent!

An excellent production, set in Havana, Cuba in the modern era. Very cleverly done, a very vibrant work, congratulations to all. Elīna Garanča is the sexiest Carmen today, she has captured the essence of that role. A delight to see.

Elina Garanca na każdej scenie i w każdej scenografii jest jedyną i niepowtarzalną. A Carmen w jej wykonaniu nie ma sobie równych. Brava, brava. Bellissima.

From Elina's autobiography (which I HIGHLY recommend) this is her debut production as Carmen. She chose to launch the production in Riga to show appreciation to her hometown.

Encore une mise en scène épouvantable Houuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

I had no idea there was a recording of this production. Thanks for the upload!

elina garanca efficace et charmante pour le reste mise en scene grotesque et laide cela devient une sorte de mode pour les snobs de notre epoque

Как здорово!!! Огромное спасибо.

I'm a huge fan of the 2009 version at the Met. But this one is great too! It doesn't have the choreography the other versions have which was kind of missing here. But the set design is fabulous and the singers are all fantastic! So I give this one a big thumbs up. Especially the ending scene was very clever and well done! Bravo!

Dear Ms. Caranča, in this version of your portrayal of Carmen you surpass yourself!

Ok. AFTER seeing so many performances of this fantastic creation of Bizet Opera Composer, it's time to share my impressions of this particular one. 1. Singing. ALL Performers are top notch. 2. Acting. Now that's a huge point: everybody performing here is not only knowledgeable of the part, but also very competent at transmitting both scenically as well as voicing the emotional content. 3. Orchestra and Maestro: Very, very good! 4. The Cuban environment. Not needed at all... But it's ok, what matters is that both choreography and movements are in tune. Fuck the regionalization, it is ok, have your fun, dudes, you've not screwed mine, so... Ok. 5. DRAMA: kept. That was this Opera's spirit... So, OK. 6. ONE LITTLE POINT: Escamillo. A Boxer?... Yeah, I know Cubans don't love bullfights... But "erasing" the fact that Sevilla is in Spain... Ans Toreador was a male model... well, a bit not needed, IMHO, whatever. In summary: Except for geographic influence, STILL A GREAT, GREAT PERFORMANCE!

Thank you sharing this video so much! I was looking for this so long time!

Such a vibrant and spirited production. Thank you very much.

Original. Y como sea, la presencia de Elina enaltece la representación aun más

Outstanding Conductor.... !!!🎩

Wonderful Elina Garanca❤️❤️❤️👏👏👏

Elīna Geranča IS Carmen like Diana Damrau IS the Queen of the Night on stage. Both may favourites, great voices AND acting.

Garanca! Her power sweet voice!!

She is the best! Es la mejor❤

Maravilhosa interpretação

Elina Garanca ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

Bravo !

a mi si me gusto mucho la version el montaje, muy divertido y picante, como es el espiritu de la opera, y me gusto mucho tmb a la sra garanca como una morena caribe y no la rubia europea de toda la vida

Beautiful singing Carmen (Elina Garanca) but i like the traditional clothing much more that is the real opera

Thanks for sharing!

¡único y enorme!

Thank you for sharing!

Hermoso 🤩

Какой кайф, я так рад, что нашёл данный экземпляр! Тут ещё звук так смешно сшакалило, на фортиссимо прям дисторшн, после которого скомпрессированный хвост ревера - слушаю и балдею. ♥

❤

считал. что кармен Гаранчи лучшие в метрополитене и парижськой опере, но в рижской мне понравилось больше всех . конечно можно говорить, что об этом может рассуждать тот кто видел эти оперы живьем, но что имеем тем и богаты

Izcila izrāde, izcili solisti. Elīna. izcila Karmena.

Bravi !

Kā vienmēr lielisks sniegums, man liekas šo lomu neviens tik patiesi un kaisligi nevar pasniegt kā E Garančas k-dze.

Good thing I know the libretto well, because I don’t understand the subtitles😅. Usually I can understand most Slavic language, because I know Polish and I studied Russian, but Latvian is different.

I absolutely love the costume design here 🧡🔥

Perece una versión de Carmen Jones Carmen la cubana

Большущее спасибище!

Not bad, but the version with Roberto Alagna is ten times better... :)

Questa pessima edizione è stata portata, purtroppo, anche al Teatro Comunale di Bologna, i commenti del pubblico erano terribili, eppure....comunque è l'ennesima schifezza, non c'entra nulla con quanto scritto sul libretto...ormai non si sa più cosa inventare per rovinare l'opera lirica 👎👎👎👎👎

Esto es Carmen la cubana basada en Carmen Jones

Política ?

The whole point of opera is that it's not a song recital, a concert, but music combined with theatre. The theatrical part of it, what you see, is very important. And the choices you make. But the two, musical part and visual part, should be matching, not contrasting. The music was written in the 19th century, it's 19th century music. The language as well, is not how modern people would speak. And the libretto says certain things which you cannot disregard. I watched a Boème where Rodolfo says that he's so cold that he will burn the play that he just wrote in order to feed the fire for a little while. But we see hiim write his play on a laptop, so what on earth will he burn? The director or whoever came up with this concept just couldn't care less for what the actual text was saying. If it didn't match the setting, well, who cares, it's sung in a different language anyway, right? Who will notice? This one is the same. You hear about a toreador but you see a boxer. You hear that Carmen plans to go to "les remparts de Seville" to dance the seguidilla and the main lead sings about the dragons of Alcala, but you see Cuba of the '70s. He also sings of a flower she threw at him, that although faded and dry, still had its sweet smell. Too bad that the flower she threw at him was a plastic one, taken from one of her flip-flops. But, most of all, what's most jarring is the romantic era music which sounds absurd in the modern setting. That setting would need modern music to function well, as well as a different libretto, even if based on the same plot. Then it might have been a valid alternative original work, inspired by Mérimée's story. And, to be honest, they should also find another title so that people don't get confused. What was successfully done with "Carmen Jones" and also "West Side Story", based on Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. Or "My Beloved", a Korean TV-series inspired by "Gone With the Wind". Adaptations are perfectly okay and may be very good, and become classics in their own right. So if you have an idea like this, please write your own play or musical or whatever, and let Bizet's "Carmen" alone. There are plenty of ways to be a creative director or set/costume designer without vandalizing the original. And when you see a production like this, no matter how proficient the singers, orchestra and conductor, it leaves you a bad taste. You sort of feel sorry for them, to have been involved in this farce.

Great Opera with great singers, but the Cuban setting is pretty lame. Elina is such a beautiful woman, but the makeup here takes away from her natural beauty. Check out the Mets version, now there is something to behold.

The best ever Carmen, but I hated the production. What I mean is that Elina is the best Carmen I have ever seen. I don't think Bizet would have liked it.

Why is this set in Cuba? 😳

Мотоцикл Урал

Excelente voz de Elina Garanca, Valter Brin muy solido y el resto también. Pero la producción ambientada en Cuba es horrible, e impropia, porque sigue cantando "Près des remparts de SEVILLE..." "Je suis Escamillo, Torero de GRENADE!" "Halte-là! Qui va là? Dragon d'Alcala!" que son claras referencias a ciudades españolas: Sevilla, Granada, Alcalá; lo cual hace pensar que el encuentro entre Carmen y Don José del 2do acto debiera realizarse al otro lado del océano, en Europa. Las pelucas de cabello negro tampoco ayudan. En todo caso, en Cuba hay muchas mujeres rubias, así que era innecesario maquillar y empelucar al coro para representar a LATAM. ¿Y por que se echan una lambada al principio del acto 2, si la lambada es de Brasil, no de Cuba? Por otro lado, Escamillo canta el: Toreador, en garde! y en el 4to acto se describe paso a paso a los chulos, banderilleros y al matador, el spada, y todo eso es de las corridas de toros en España, no del Boxeo en ningún lado. ¿Qué por que la veo? Por la cantada, obvio. Porque es hermosa la música de Bizet. Pero esta puesta en escena es un insulto al buen gusto y resulta incoherente con lo que cantan.

it seems they didnt know the story takes place in spain...

Ona jest dla mnie aseksualna

Que lástima: uma ópera tão linda, com a extraordinária Elina! tendo como pano de fundo um país de população maravilhosa, mas muito sofrida por um regime socialista aterrorizante, na fome e na miséria do socialismo/comunismo...

Vuelvan a Sevilla y respeten a Bizet. La heroina de Merimé vive en España, no en cuba.

Escamillo is a boxer instead of a Matador. That is a nice change.

Awful, Hispanoamerica no es asi! romper paradigmas

1:43:58 Je dis que rien ne m'epouvante

This is the worst production of Carmen I ever saw. Far too modernized. It needs to be more ethentic.