Carmen - there is probably no opera in the world that evokes more associations, the echo of which has been heard by everyone, at least in the sphere of European culture.
The story of a great, free woman at the time of its inception aroused opposition; the idea that the main character should be an ordinary gypsy woman who makes decisions about her life solely on the basis of her own will, turned out to be too revolutionary for the premiere audience. The first performance of the opera in 1875 ended in a spectacular failure, but subsequent performances turned the losing streak. Carmen's triumphal procession through all the opera stages in the world began.
It wonders what really attracts viewers: whether the story of a love triangle, or an intriguing, Spanish scenery, or fantastic, well-known melodies, or a great libretto - a truly moving, true love story. The reason may also be the one-of-a-kind heroine - one of the first operatic feminists, a woman whose essence and most important life philosophy is freedom. Carmen can be a modern idol - she is brave, intelligent, honorable, true to herself and sexy at the same time: it's hard to imagine a more explosive cocktail!
Perhaps it is in it that the viewers find their longings for truth, freedom, independence, and true love - for all those great words that we do not use in everyday life, and whose presence we always miss.
In our world, there are still soldiers who miss women, there are women who leave work for a cigarette break, there are children playing war, there are outsiders, romantics, there are devout oasis girls and there are sports idols. We want to tell you about them, we want to plunge into their hot Spanish world as deep as the notes written by Bizet can touch, as far as the current of this brilliant music can lead us.
