Melissa will sing the solo of the Marchande d'oranges.

Glyndebourne Festival Opera makes its traditional visit to the Proms with that most red-blooded of red-blooded operas, Carmen. Bizet’s musical tale of a Gypsy factory-worker who seduces a military corporal before discarding him for the more glamorous toreador has all the ingredients of a tightly sprung operatic drama. Anja Bihlmaier conducts Glyndebourne’s fine cast and chorus, along with the London Philharmonic Orchestra.

There will be one interval

Broadcast live on BBC Radio 3

Image: Anja Bihlmaier © Nikolaj Lund