The Faces of Carmen, a documentary in production directed by Hilan Warshaw for broadcasts in 2025 (the 150th anniversary of Carmen’s premiere, as well as Bizet’s death) takes an unusual approach to exploring this evergreen piece. The film follows rising 28-year-old opera star Aigul Akhmetshina as she undertakes a truly unique journey, performing the role of Carmen in seven different productions in a single year. Her Carmen year takes her, and us, to five countries and some of the world’s greatest opera stages—  among them Arena di Verona, Vienna State Opera, London’s Royal Opera House, and the Glyndebourne Festival— as she brings Carmen to life in a range of differing productions. Some are modernized, others traditional; some are directed by men, and some by women; some are new, some revivals. We explore each breathtaking European location with her; we hear about each interpretation in interviews with the directors; lastly, we see excerpts from the finished productions and observe how audiences in each country respond. The result is a kind of is a kind of operatic Rorschach test: every director has their own version of the truth about this story, and the questions that Carmen poses about relationships and society are subjective and as relevant today as ever.