{"product_id":"bizet-carmen-blu-ray","title":"Bizet: Carmen [Blu-ray]","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Vesselina Kasarova\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eFeatures:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e Shrink-wrapped\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Classical\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 07-10-2014\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDetails:\u003c\/b\u003e In 2008 the Opernhaus Zurich staged this magnificent production starring virtuoso tenor Jonas Kaufmann as Don José and the Bulgarian Vesselina Kasarova as the flirtatious prima-donna of the title rolebrbrMezzo-soprano Kasarova is dazzling as the tough-as-nails, beautifully unsentimental heroine think classic Sophia Loren meets West Side StorybrbrKaufmann, in the guise of a Spanish police officer, brilliantly portrays the blustering but naive Don José as a modern contrast of hard-edged machismo and out-of-his-depths vulnerabilitybrbrDirector Matthias Hartmann refreshed one of the greatest and most popular operas of all time with touches of a contemporary setting and costume designs that emphasize the timeless archetypes of the charactersbrbrThis production of Carmen enthralled audiences with the visceral physical quality of the performances, enhanced by a single panoramic set for all four acts that is stripped of the traditional Spanish stylingbrbrKaufmann superbly presents Don José as awkward, socially inept and doomed for disillusionment. Kasarova s ​​Carmen commands attention with a soft and sensual exterior that hides her ruthless and sinister heart in plain viewbrFranz-Welser-Möst conducted Bizet s score with chiselled detail in his final assignment as Zurich s Generalmusikdirektor before moving to the Vienna State Opera as Chief ConductorbrbrTop pricebrbrTechnicalbrMenus: English Picture Format: 16:9 Anamorphic Widescreen Color Mode: Color Region Code: 0 (worldwide)brDVD Format: NTSC Duration: 166 mins Sound: 1 LPCM Stereo 2 DTS Digital 5.1 SurroundbrSubtitles: French (sung language), English, German\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eUPC:\u003c\/b\u003e 044007438824\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eEAN:\u003c\/b\u003e 0044007438824\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eLanguages:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e Blu-ray\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eItem Condition:\u003c\/b\u003e UsedVeryGood\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ID Shop.ca","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42548621246723,"sku":"67-RW8A-U05W","price":16.98,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0030\/9765\/7390\/products\/51Bv5ZViDKL.jpg?v=1646655920","url":"https:\/\/idshop.ca\/en\/products\/bizet-carmen-blu-ray","provider":"ID Shop.ca","version":"1.0","type":"link"}