Name: Carmen
Start: 2003-04-10T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2003-04-10T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Donetsk Opera Theatre

Organization

Conductor

Francesco Ledda

Yury Paramonenko

Stage director

Sandro Santillo

Valentina Kurkchi-Maxina

Chorus master

Ludmila Streltsova

Singer

Mezzo-soprano

Anna Maksudova

Carmen

Tatiana Savvina

Tenor

Vitaly Kozin

Don José

Vladimir Khamraev

Baritone

Vadim Volovchuk

Escamillo

Artem Yaroshevich

Alexander Bakulin

Dancaire

Igor Rudenko

Evgeny Udovin

Remendado

Grigory Shafir

Bass

Yuri Alexeychuk

Zuniga

Alexander Klimov

Vladislav Lysak

Morales

Soprano

Fatima Kasyanenko

Michaela

Natalia Narozhnaya

Elona Korzhevych

Elena Babic

Frasquita

Svetlana Maleeva

Mary Sargsyan

Ekaterina Alexeychuk

Mercedes

Irina Golobchenko

Donbass Opera

Donetsk

Ukraine

Donetsk Opera Theatre

Public

Approved

Bizet began working on the opera Carmen in 1874. Its plot is borrowed from the short story of the same name by the French writer Prosper Mérimée, written in 1845. The content of the short story has undergone significant changes in the opera. The writers A. Melyak and L. Halevi masterfully developed the libretto, saturating it with drama, depth of emotional contrasts, images of characters different from their literary prototypes.

The premiere of "Carmen" took place in Paris on March 3, 1875. One of the first to appreciate the opera was Pyotr Tchaikovsky. “Bizet’s opera,” he wrote, “is a masterpiece, one of those few things that are destined to reflect the musical aspirations of an entire era to the strongest degree. In ten years, Carmen will be the most popular opera in the world.” These words turned out to be prophetic.

Short description

"Freedom and Love!" - the life motto of the gypsy Carmen. Liberated, strong-willed and charming - she catches all the enthusiastic male glances. But Carmen is not distinguished by loyalty and constancy. She used to succumb to temptations, fleeting impulses and live the way her soul and feelings want ...

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