Georgian mezzo-soprano Anita Rachvelishvili debuted as Carmen opposite Luis Chapa, while Polish mezzo Malgorzata Walewska returned to Seattle in the other cast, opposite the remarkable Don José of Fernando de la Mora.
Bizet’s Carmen, 2011 © Elise Bakketun
Anita Rachvelishvili (Carmen) in Bizet’s Carmen, 2011 © Elise Bakketun
Amanda Opuszynski (Frasquita), Andrew Stenson (Remendado), Anita Rachvelishvili (Carmen), David Krohn (Dancaïre), and Sarah Larsen (Mercédès) in Bizet’s Carmen, 2011 © Elise Bakketun
Amanda Opuszynski (Frasquita), Andrew Stenson (Remendado), Anita Rachvelishvili (Carmen), David Krohn (Dancaïre), and Sarah Larsen (Mercédès) in Bizet’s Carmen, 2011 © Elise Bakketun
Anita Rachvelishvili (Carmen) and Luis Chapa (Don José) in Bizet’s Carmen, 2011 © Elise Bakketun
Malgorzata Walewska (Carmen) and Fernando de la Mora (Don José) in Bizet’s Carmen, 2011 © Elise Bakketun
Michael Todd Simpson (Escamillo) in Bizet’s Carmen, 2011 © Elise Bakketun
Malgorzata Walewska (Carmen) in Bizet’s Carmen, 2011 © Elise Bakketun
