Click here to visit our new site --> CafeDVD 2.0 Georges Bizet's Carmen: Maria Ewing (1999) Rating: Starring: Maria Ewing, Alain Fondart, Miriam Gauci, Jacques Trussel Director: Category: Classics, Classics Studio: Image Ent. Subtitles: English Length: 166 mins     This lavish, spectacular production of Bizet's emotionally powerful opera was staged in the vast expanse of London's Earls Court to wide critical acclaim.It is an opera about the struggle between a man and a woman, extremes of passion, and Carmen's ultimate sacrifice following her search for absolute freedom. Steven Pimlott's grand-scale production, with a cast of 80, expresses vividly the whole world of smugglers, soldiers, bullfighters, flamenco dancers, procession and carnival - a celebration of life before the final death. The sensual Maria Ewing sings the part of the hot-blooded, passionate gypsy with all the temperament and fury that the role demands, progressing from fun-loving woman through her savage treatment of Don Jose to her confrontation with death.