Met Live in HD: Bizet?s Carmen ?November 1, 2014, 9:55 am ?Richard Eyre?s mesmerizing production of Bizet?s steamy melodrama returns with mezzo-soprano Anita Rachvelishvili singing her signature role of the ill-fated gypsy temptress. Aleksandrs Antonenko plays her desperate lover, the soldier Don José, and Ildar Abdrazakov is the swaggering bullfighter, Escamillo, who comes between them. Pablo Heras-Casado conducts the irresistible score, which features one beloved and instantly recognizable melody after another.? Approximate running time 3:40