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Royal Ballet and Opera

Teatro Real de Madrid

Teatro alla Scala

Regia

Regia (+3)

Damiano Michieletto

Scenografia

Scenografia (+1)

Paolo Fantin

Costumi

Costumi (+2)

Carla Teti

Luci

Alessandro Carletti

Drammaturgo

Elisa Zaninotto

Direzione del coro

Direzione del coro (+2)

William Spaulding

Basso (+2)

Jamie Woollard

Zuniga

Basso (+3)

Siphe Kwani

Dancairo

Orchestra

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

Tenore (+1)

Ryan Vaughan Davies

Remendado

Royal Opera House

Jette Parker Young Artists

Concertino Ospite

Maestro Concertatore (+3)

Magnus Johnston

Baritono (+3)

Dawid Kimberg

un bohémian

Chorus

Chorus of the Royal Opera House

Direttore d'orchestra

Ariane Matiakh

Mezzosoprano (+4)

Anna Goryachova

Carmen

Tenore (+3)

Charles Castronovo

Don José

Basso-baritono (+3)

Christian Van Horn

Escamillo

Soprano (+1)

Alison Langer

Frasquita

Mezzosoprano (+2)

Veena Akama-Makia

Mercédès

Baritono (+2)

Grisha Martirosyan

Moralès

Louise Armit

Une marchande d'oranges

Soprano

Selene Zanetti

Micaëla

Aigul Akhmetshina

Tenore (+4)

Freddie De Tommaso

Yaritza Véliz

Lukasz Goliński

Marianna Hovanisyan

Mezzosoprano (+1)

Cai Jingwen

Seumas Begg

Ross Ramgobin

Direttore d'orchestra (+2)

Mark Elder

Soprano (+2)

Valentina Puskás

Direttore d'orchestra (+1)

Christopher Willis

One of opera’s most notorious free spirits, Carmen is a rebel with a passionate cause – she wants to live and love in her own way. Though Carmen warns Don José not to love her, he gives up his job, reputation and girlfriend Micaëla for her. Soon bored of Don José's obsessive nature, Carmen moves on to celebrity toreador Escamillo. What she doesn’t anticipate is the searing jealousy that will be unleashed in her former lover. 

Olivier award-winning director Damiano Michieletto's searing new production evokes all the passion and heat of Bizet's score. Conductors Antonello Manacorda and Emmanuelle Villaume lead two stellar international casts, headlined by Aigul Akhmetshina, Vasilisa Berzhanskaya and Ramona Zaharia. 

 

The origins of Carmen

Bizet took the plot of Carmen from the popular novella of the same name by French writer Prosper Mérimée, who claimed to be inspired by a true story. Though it earned a lukewarm response from the press and public at its premiere – perhaps due to its heady combination of passion, sensuality and violence — the opera soon became immensely popular and remains an enduring favourite today. In fact, Carmen is the second most performed opera in The Royal Opera’s repertory, having been performed over 500 times.

 

The music of Carmen

Drawing from the opera's setting of Seville, Bizet’s unforgettable score boasts a host of Spanish-inspired melodies, including Carmen's sensual ‘Habanera’ and ‘Seguidilla’ arias, and Don José's tender ‘Flower Song’, ‘La fleur que tu m’as jétée’ (The flower that you threw to me). The composer’s gift for writing catchy melodies reaches its peak in the flamboyance and masculinity of Escamillo’s ‘Toreador Song’, one of the most instantly recognisable arias in all classical music.

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italiano

Londra

Regno Unito

Main Stage

Carmen Bizet

Scenica

Opera

Rahul Solomon

inglese

Watch Aigul Akmetshina and Vasilisa Berzhanskaya share the title role in Damiano Michieletto's searing new production of Bizet’s ever-popular opera. Carmen c...

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