Richard Eyres hit production stars Elina Garanca as the seductive gypsy of the title, opposite Roberto Alagna as the obsessed Don José. Carmen is about sex, violence, and racism-and its corollary: freedom, the director says about Bizets drama. It is one of the inalienably great works of art. Its sexy, in every sense. And I think it should be shocking. Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts.