Carmen Live

D FILMS Presents Carmen LIVE via Satellite from Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona

on October 13th at 2 PM ET/11 AM PST

in Toronto: AMC Yonge and Dundas - and Empire Empress Walk

and in Montreal: AMC Forum

October 7, 2010 - - D FILMS in partnership with Emerging Pictures to showcase the Opera in Cinema series: exceptional European opera presented in HD and surround sound.  Ballets and Shakespeare plays will also be featured.

Carmen has been seducing opera fans for more than a century. A new production, based on the one Calixto Bieito created for the Peralada Festival, will be presented live on October 13 at 2 PM Eastern Standard Time from Spain’s historic Gran Teatre del Liceu, the hometown theatre for such Catalan artists as Conchita Supervia, Montserrat Caballé, and Jose Carreras.

Carmen has given rise to numerous adaptations and owes it greatness to its innovative conception, well-crafted plot and brilliant melodic, harmonic and instrumental inventiveness. It relates the clash between a gypsy who passionately defends her personal sense of freedom and a Navarrese soldier with a possessive, traditionally male mentality. Their relationship unleashes a tragedy that extends far beyond the setting.

Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQqJUn1_3Vw

Conductor: Marc Piollet
Director: Calixto Bieito

CAST
Don José: Roberto Alagna
Escamillo: Erwin Schrott
Carmen: Béatrice Uria-Monzon
Micaëla: Marina Poplavskaya
Frasquita: Eliana Bayón
Mercédès: Itxaro Mentxaka
Le Dancaire: Marc Canturri
Le Remendado: Francisco Vas
Moralès: Alex Sanmartí
Zuñiga:  Josep Ribot

Distributor: D FILMS
Release Date: 13/10/2010

Run time: 3 hours

D FILMS, in partnership with New York-based Emerging Pictures, will be presenting stunning HD presentations of operas, ballets, and Shakespeare plays from the world over, including the Teatro alla Scala in Milan, and the Royal Opera House in London. The Opera in Cinema series features productions of operatic masterpieces such as Aida and La Traviata, starring internationally celebrated singers such as Plácido Domingo, Anna Netrebko, Jonas Kaufmann, Angela Gheorghiu, Juan Diego Flórez, Ewa Podleś and René Pape.

D Films will make available a wide range of digital content previously unseen in Canada, including specialized content such as operas, ballets, concerts and live theatre, all presented in crystal-clear High-Definition and surround sound.

Performances from Russia’s Mariinsky Ballet, Bolshoi Ballet, the Paris Ballet, and the ballet company of the Royal Opera House will also be broadcast LIVE or near live. Classics such as The Nutcracker and Swan Lake will be screened, along with rare gems such as The Flames of Paris. Shakespeare plays from the Globe Theatre will be screened quarterly.