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Metropolitan Opera: Bizet's Carmen

Marty Sohl
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Metropolitan Opera
Clémentine Margaine in the title role of Bizet's Carmen"

Airs Saturday, February 2, 2019, at 12 noon. The 2018-19 Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast season continues with one of the most beloved operas in the repertory, Georges Bizet’s Carmen. Clémentine Margaine stars as the free-spirited gypsy, having made her celebrated Met debut singing this title role in 2017. Roberto Alagna sings the role of the soldier Don José, Carmen’s jealous lover. Aleksandra Kurzak plays the virtuous Micaëla, and Alexander Vinogradov is the toreador Escamillo. Conductor Louis Langrée leads the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra in Bizet’s famous score. The production will be heard live over Toll Brothers-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network at 12:00 noon CT on Saturday, February 2.