Carmen – The Flower Song (Jonas Kaufmann, Den kongelige Opera) – 1080p

Royal Opera House offentliggjort på 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, Den kongelige Opera, 2006.
Carmen was based on a popular novella of the same name by Prosper Mérimée, som lokket franske læsere med eksotiske fortællinger om Spanien. Sin berusende kombination af passion, 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 døde kort efter, never learning of the spectacular success Carmen would achieve – it has been staged over 500 gange på Covent Garden alene.