Cher public, did you think your doyenne would let today’s broadcast of Carmen go by undiscussed — especially since Teddy Tahu Rhodes is jumping in for the (presumably) ailing Mariusz Kwiecien?

The Met performance begins at 1:00 PM and can be witnessed live, in HD, or in several variations of the Marconi technology.

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• Vocal score
• Libretto

The real-time chat is, as usual, over at La Casa della Cieca.