Name: Carmen
Start: 2023-04-30T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2023-05-05T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Opéra de Toulon

Artist

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Mezzo-soprano

Ketevan Kemoklidze

Carmen

Soprano

Adriana González

Michaela

Conductor

Valerio Galli

Stage director

Henning Brockhaus

Choreographer

Valentina Escobar

Set designer

Margherita Palli

Albane Carrère

Mercedes

Baritone

David Bizic

Escamillo

Nabil Suliman

Dancaire

Tenor

Kaëlig Boché

Remendado

Bass

Nicolas Brooymans

Zuniga

Norbert Dol

Morales

Emy Gazeilles

Frasquita

Eric Fennell

Don José

Lighting designer

Costume designer

Giancarlo Colis

Royal Opera of Wallonia

Assistant Conductor

Luca Capoferri

Opéra de Toulon

Others

Toulon Opera Choir

Orchestra

Toulon Opera Orchestra

French

Toulon

France

Carmen: Carmen

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Carmen was very badly received at its creation by the bourgeois and well-meaning public of the Opéra-Comique, shocked by the immoral aspect of the heroine's choice of life. The criticism was not left out and will be very negative, which will dismay Bizet. He will die prematurely a few months later at the same age as Mozart. His revenge will unfortunately be posthumous since  Carmen will become the most performed opera in the world! Bizet, who had never traveled to Spain, sublimated folklore to invent an eminently Mediterranean work rediscovering the essence of ancient tragedy.

English

Carmen fut très mal accueilli à sa création par le public bourgeois et bien-pensant de l’Opéra-Comique, choqué par l'aspect immoral du choix de vie de l’héroïne. La critique ne fut pas en reste et sera très négative, ce qui consternera Bizet. Il décédera prématurément quelques mois plus tard au même âge que Mozart. Sa revanche sera hélas posthume puisque Carmen deviendra l’opéra le plus joué dans le monde ! Bizet qui n’avait jamais voyagé en Espagne, a sublimé le folklore pour inventer une œuvre éminemment méditerranéenne retrouvant l’essence de la tragédie antique.

français

Carmen by Bizet, From (2023/2023), Directed by Henning Brockhaus,, Conductor Valerio Galli, Opéra de Toulon, Toulon, France

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