Carmen by Bizet, From (2023/2023), Directed by Andreas Homoki, Conductor Louis Langrée, Sora Elisabeth Lee, Opéra-Comique, Paris, France

The most performed opera in the world returns to the stage where it came to life in an atmosphere of scandal. Andreas Homoki leads this visionary masterpiece together with Gaëlle Arquez in the title role and the Champs-Elysées Orchestra, headed by Louis Langrée. Carmen is the French opera that is most performed around the globe and the most frequently played at the Opéra Comique. Nevertheless, this work of art first chocked the public with its visionary naturalism and independent heroine, whose Spanish tone, magnificently recreated by Bizet between Paris and Bougival, didn’t make appear any gentler. After Bizet’s sudden death, Carmen won the hearts of Vienna, Brussels, Saint-Petersburg, New York… and only triumphed in Paris in 1883.