Alberto&Carmen (Alberto and Carmen)

Alberto Alonso created “Carmen” in 1967 for Prima Ballerina Maya Plisetskaya of Moscow’s Bolshoi Theatre. In this documentary celebrating the 40th anniversary of the ballet Alberto Alonso reminisces about the making of the ballet; Rodion Shchedrin, the composer and husband of Plisetskaya, talks about his take on Bizet’s famous opera and we see the role of Carmen performed by Alicia Alonso, Alessandra Ferri, and others. Alberto Alonso traveled to Moscow again in 2006 to re-stage “Carmen” for the weeklong celebration of Maya Plisetskaya’s life and career.