Organization

Singer

Mezzo-soprano

Marlene Gaßner

Carmen

Sayaka Shigeshima

Soprano

Emma Moore

Michaela

Baritone

Alik Abdukayumov

Escamillo

Bass

Avtandil Kaspeli

Zuniga

Ylva Sofia Stenberg

Frasquita

Heain Youn

Mercedes

Alexander Günther

Dancaire

Tenor

Jörn Eichler

Remendado

Uwe Schenker-Primus

Morales

Spoken

Janus Torp

Lillas Pastia

Stage director

Jan Neumann

Costume designer

Nini von Selzam

Set designer

Philip Rubner

Choreographer

Modjgan Hashemian

Dramaturge

Judith Drühe

Chorus master

Jens Petereit

Sound designer

Camill Jammal

Attilio Glaser

Don José

Joanna Jaworowska

Daniel Nicholson

Mountain guide

Conductor

Andreas Wolf

Video designer

who- be

Jennifer Zein

André Eckert

Katharina Müllner

Ivi Karnezi

David Oštrek

Taras Konoshchenko

Hinrich Horn

Dominik Beykirch

Dancer

Valeria Busdraghi

Anna Athanasiou

Deutsches Nationaltheater und Staatskapelle Weimar

Others

Opernchor des Deutschen Nationaltheaters Weimar

Orchestra

Staatskapelle Weimar

French

German

Weimar

Germany

Deutsches Nationaltheater

Großes Haus

Carmen Bizet

Public

Approved

The moment the freedom-loving Andalusian Carmen meets the conscientious Don José for the first time, tension is in the air. Carmen knows about her effect on men and in a short time manages to question Don José's life plan as Micaëla's future husband, including a military career. José helps Carmen escape prison after being stabbed by a knife and is demoted for it. He follows her smugglers' gang and loses her anyway to the successful bullfighter Escamillo. Trapped in his idea of ​​love, which is based on a claim to absoluteness, there is only one way out - the tragedy takes its course.

Since the appearance of Mérimée's novella “Carmen”, the main character, with her erotic charisma, her unconditional urge for freedom and her courage in the history of reception, has primarily served as a projection surface for the wishes and fears of others. The character Carmen can also be read as the general and timeless principle of love, which cannot be captured, but can disappear as unexpectedly and suddenly as it comes. The opera tells the story of a man who cannot reconcile this principle with his view of the world and who ultimately becomes a murderer.

The material was adapted many times, but none of it had such lasting success as the opera of the same name by Georges Bizet. He created a musical landscape that manifested the musical cliché of Spain with shimmering strings and clattering castanets. In-house director Jan Neumann, who staged “Midsummer Night's Dream”, “Wilhelm Tell” and most recently “Romeo and Juliet” in Weimar and is now devoting himself to an opera for the first time, tells “Carmen” as a timeless and timeless story about love, longing, transience and Disappointment.

English

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Crew

Ensemble