Opera on 3

Debra Lew Harder and Ira Siff are live from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City for a performance of Carmen, Bizet's operatic depiction of seduction, jealousy and tragedy. The Met's production sees mezzo Aigul Akhmetshina as Carmen, whose irresistible allure drives soldier Don José - sung by tenor Michael Fabiano - to destruction. Bizet: Carmen. Aigul Akhmetshina (mezzo: Carmen), Michael Fabiano (tenor: Don José), Janai Brugger (soprano: Micaëla), Christian Van Horn (bass-baritone: Escamillo), Janai Brugger (soprano: Micaela), Susanne Burgess (soprano: Frasquita), Briana Hunter (mezzo: Mercedes), Richard Bernstein (bass: Zuniga), Aaron Blake (tenor: Le Remendado), Eleomar Cuello (baritone: Le Dancaire), Orchestra and Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera, New York, Pier Giorgio Morandi (conductor).