Met: Acclaimed English Director Carrie Cracknell Creates Daring New Production of Bizet's Carmen, Starring Mezzo-Soprano Aigul Akhmetshina, Opening December 31
December 15, 2023
December 15, 2023
NEW YORK, Dec. 15 -- Metropolitan Opera issued the following news release on Dec. 13, 2023:
The Met celebrates the new year with a new production of Bizet's Carmen by acclaimed English director Carrie Cracknell, opening on Sunday, December 31, at 6:30PM. In her highly anticipated Met debut, Cracknell reinvigorates the classic story of deadly passion with a staging that moves the action to modern day and explores themes that could not be more relevant today: gendered violence, abusiv . . .
The Met celebrates the new year with a new production of Bizet's Carmen by acclaimed English director Carrie Cracknell, opening on Sunday, December 31, at 6:30PM. In her highly anticipated Met debut, Cracknell reinvigorates the classic story of deadly passion with a staging that moves the action to modern day and explores themes that could not be more relevant today: gendered violence, abusiv . . .