Carmen – The Flower Song (Jonas Kaufmann, Das Royal Opera) – 1080p

Royal Opera House Veröffentlicht am Jan 16, 2015
Jonas Kaufmann as Don José sings the Flower Song ‘La fleur que tu m’avais jetée’ with Anna Caterina Antonacci as Carmen in Act II of Francesca Zambello’s production of Georges Bizet’s opera Carmen, Das Royal Opera, 2006.
Carmen was based on a popular novella of the same name by Prosper Mérimée, die Französisch Leser mit exotischen Geschichten von Spanien gelockt. Seine berauschende Kombination aus Leidenschaft, sensuality and violence initially proved too much for the stage and Georges Bizet’s opera was a critical failure on its premiere in 1875. Bizet starb kurz nach, never learning of the spectacular success Carmen would achieve – it has been staged over 500 Zeiten an Covent Garden allein.