Carmen (complete opera recorded in 2009)

Anna Caterina Antonacci is now acknowledged as a major artist, and her extraordinary vocal timbre and great acting skills have enabled her to perform a vast and varied repertoire in the world's most important theatres. She made her Covent Garden debut in a new production of Carmen in 2008 with Antonio Pappano and recently performed a selection of Cantaloube's Chants d'Auvergnes at the BBC Proms with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales conducted by François-Xavier Roth.

John Eliot Gardiner is one of the most versatile conductors of our time. Acknowledged as a key figure in the early music revival, he is the founder and artistic director of the Monteverdi Choir, the English Baroque Soloists and the Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique. The extent of his repertoire is illustrated in over 250 recordings which have received numerous international awards. Over the years Gardiner has won more Gramophone awards than any other artist. Probably the most francophile of English conductors, John Eliot Gardiner returned to the Opéra Comique, Paris for a much aclaimed production of Carmen last year. On June 25th it was broadcast live to 50 theatres in France and Switzerland and also recorded for TV. This followed an exciting collaboration that began in December 2007 with Chabrier's opera bouffe L'Etoile, which had opened the new theatre at Opéra Comique in December 2007.

Bonus includes the return of Carmen to the Opéra comique. Interviews with Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Jérôme Deschamps & Agnès Terrier

Production: OPERA COMIQUE; Direction: Adrian Noble; Sets & Costumes: Mark Thompson; Lighting: Jean Kalman Coproduction: Grand Théâtre de la ville de Luxembourg et Atlanta Opéra Réalisation TV: François ROUSSILLON