Name: Carmen
Start: 2023-04-21T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2023-04-22T00:00:00.000Z
Location: White Rock Theatre

Organization

Admin

Opera South East

Regie

Eleanor Strutt

Dirigat

Kenneth Roberts

Bühnenbild

Kath Keep

Lichtgestaltung

Mezzosopran

Deirdre Arratoon

Carmen

Tenor

Matthew Clark

Don José

Bariton

Jon Openshaw

Escamillo

Sopran

Helen Bailey

Michaëla

Bass

Oscar Smith

Zuniga

Joe Edmunds

Dancaïro

Kristian Thorkildsen

Remendado

Rebecca Hughes

Mercedes

Rebecca Mitchell

Frasquita

Will O'Brien

Morales

Orchestra

Sussex Concert Orchestra

Others

Opera South East Chorus

Englisch

Hastings

Vereinigtes Königreich

White Rock Theatre

Carmen Bizet

Public

Samrat Sen

Genehmigt

Instrumentalist

Klavier

Violinist

Cellist

Violist

Flutist

Clarinetist

Guitarist

Organist

Percussionist

hornist

Oboist

Bassoonist

Trumpeter

Contrabassist

Trombonist

Harper

Saxophonist

Harpsichordist

Bassist

Accordionist

Tuba Player

Recorder Player

Lutenist

Tenor Violinist

Timpani

Mandoline Player

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Violino Piccolo Player

Viola da Gambist

Musette de cour Player

Viola Pomposa Player

Archlutenist

Vibraphonist

Cornettist

Viola d’amore Player

Theorbist

Komposition

Libretto

Kostümbild

Choreographie

Tänzer

Schauspiel

Chordirektion

Videogestaltung

Dramaturgie

Übersetzung

Tongestaltung

Korrepetition

Maske

Leitender Produzent

Haar

Andere

Stage Manager

Chor

Orchester

Poet

GesangslehrerIn

Lehrer

Photographer

Rundfunk

Illustrator

Writer

Writing and performance

Chorus Director

Wig & Makeup Designer

Orchestra Operations

Extra

Singer

Bass-Bariton

Countertenor

Gesprochen

Kinderstimme

Leise

Alto

Continuo

Passion turns to jealousy. Hope turns to despair. Order turns to anarchy. Beneath the blazing sun a bull is slaughtered for sport, as outside the arena a woman lies dead, murdered by her jealous lover.

Desire and brutality dance hand in hand in this spectacular full-scale production. With its dramatic plot and thrilling score, Carmen is probably the most popular opera in the world. 

Carmen: a woman ablaze with passion, surrounded by men possessed by obsession and jealousy, sets herself on a road to tragedy when she meets Don José, who is searching for a purpose in life.

Director Eleanor Strutt brings a modern sensibility to this production which is set in 1820s Seville. Our Carmen is a woman who transcends her circumstances – she is passionate about taking control of her life and her choices. Carmen’s music is unpredictable, challenging and captivating, so too is her character.

When the cards predict her impending death, she recognises that her fate is bound to Don José’s, and yet she seeks to confront him outside the bullring. Carmen makes no attempt to escape; it is as if she is hurrying along her fate, choosing her moment to die, staying in command to the end.

So, while Don José is unhinged and carrying a knife, does he actually murder her? Or does Carmen manipulate him to fulfil the cards’ prediction? And by doing so, does she also set up his death knowing that he will be executed for her murder? In the end, neither can survive without the other. This is a love that cannot be tamed.
Directed by Eleanor Strutt, and conducted by Kenneth Roberts who was joined by the Sussex Concert Orchestra in the pit for this wonderful feast of music and drama, and of course the chorus of Opera South East singing on stage, with Principal performers as below...

It’s a poignant year for Kenneth Roberts who conducts his final piece for Opera South East before he retires as our conductor and musical director later this year.

English

Carmen by Bizet, Fr. 21 Apr. 2023, Ab (2023/2023), Unter der Regie von Eleanor Strutt,, Dirigat Kenneth Roberts, White Rock Theatre, Hastings, Vereinigtes Königreich

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