Anita Rachvelishvili sings Carmen’s “Habanera” from Act I of Bizet’s Carmen, in a Richard Eyre production conducted by Pablo Heras-Casado at the Metropolitan Opera.
“Love is a rebellious bird that nobody can tame…” starts off the aria.
The melody is so famous and familiar that even Sesame Street once made a stop-motion animation film, Operatic Orange, featuring the song.
