Carmen: 'Près des remparts de Séville' (Elina Garanca)

Act I aria from Bizet's "Carmen." Elina Garanca (Carmen). Conductor: Yannick Nézet-Séguin. Production: Richard Eyre (2009). From the 2010 Live in HD transmission.

[TheRoachkiller]

Ok but the way his boots tap to the beat of the music when she trips af

[tequiness]

The best Carmen I've ever seen. She takes the role not only as a singer, she lives Carmen. She is an amazing actress too!

[evymbrito]

No one in the world can ever top Elina’s Carmen. She IS Carmen.

[fret]

God, this must be the sexiest Carmen I've ever seen. She's simply fantastic...

[Chilair]

Ya know, when he knocked the stuff off of the desk, I gasped. It just got so real there. Like, suddenly a very hot fun.
, wrong, human interaction. I liked it.

[andreamachado]

Wonderful ! I have never seen a singer so completely "possessed" by spirit of Carmen. That´s how she should be if real. With all respect to other singers, but SHE IS Carmen.

[EmilyCarrollCello]

Can we talk about Elina's incredible core strength during the embrace at the end? It looks like she's falling into his arms, but he's not really supporting her. She's essentially holding a boat pose while singing at the top of her range.

[thangvuong]

Holy Shit! That was the most overtly erotic portrayal of Carmen I've ever seen. Incredibly great voice with superlative acting! Brava!

[duskiloveless]

When I watch this I get that tight choked up feeling in the back of my throat that you only get when you watch something you absolutely adore, they are both just perfect, with incredible voices and the acting is so intense. I get completely lost in this opera.

[Cocamo]

This performance gives me shivers all down my body. Fucking fantastic, and I'm not even a big opera fan.

[Alagueesia]

What. a. chemistry. Oh my God. I'm dying.

[corvus]

Jose needs to listen. She just told him she threw out a lover yesterday. He should have realized she wasn't going to stay loyal to him.

[rolfxr]

I've seen many performances of this opera. But it has been until today that I met the REAL Carmen. Incredible!

[psychachu]

Wow. Elina's portrayal of Carmen is so unbelievably powerful. She might be the one to get me into opera.

[gsyamsri]

It's like asif the genius Bizet wrote the whole Opera Carmen FOR HER. Phenomenal. She's the one.

[RESEDA]

Magnifique opéra. Georges Bizet peut être fier de son chef-d'oeuvre. Qu'il repose en paix et merci pour ses superbes compositions.

[RenaBernstein]

Fantastic Singing and Acting!!! The very BEST!!!

[hummarstraful]

One of the greatest things I've ever seen. Been comparing this to other Carmens and to me it's the acting, staging and directing that takes this over the top. Of course, the singing is amazing, but when Elina combines it with such convincing character acting it becomes overwhelmingly good. With her eyes she communicates the inner thoughts of Carmen the entire time and it's memorizing. And, of course, one can't help but fall in love with her cuz she's so DAMN GORGEOUS!

[mapanzer]

So amazing. Sometimes you need to step back and simply love humanity for something as perfect as this.

[canterlevi]

How do they sing that close without blasting their voices in each other’s faces?