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Royal Ballet and Opera

Teatro Real de Madrid

Teatro alla Scala

Regisseur

Regisseur (+3)

Damiano Michieletto

Set designer

Set designer (+1)

Paolo Fantin

Kostuum ontwerper

Kostuum ontwerper (+2)

Carla Teti

Licht ontwerper

Alessandro Carletti

Dramaturg

Elisa Zaninotto

Koor meester

Koor meester (+2)

William Spaulding

Bas (+2)

Jamie Woollard

Zuniga

Bas (+3)

Siphe Kwani

Le Dancaïro

Orchestra

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

Tenor (+1)

Ryan Vaughan Davies

Le Remendado

Royal Opera House

Jette Parker Young Artists

Gastconcertmeester

Concertmeester (+3)

Magnus Johnston

Bariton (+3)

Dawid Kimberg

un bohémian

Chorus

Chorus of the Royal Opera House

Dirigent

Ariane Matiakh

Mezzosopraan (+4)

Anna Goryachova

Carmen

Tenor (+3)

Charles Castronovo

Don José

Bas-bariton (+3)

Christian Van Horn

Escamillo

Sopraan (+1)

Alison Langer

Frasquita

Mezzosopraan (+2)

Veena Akama-Makia

Mercédes

Bariton (+2)

Grisha Martirosyan

Moralés

Louise Armit

Une marchande d'oranges

Sopraan

Selene Zanetti

Micäela

Aigul Akhmetshina

Tenor (+4)

Freddie De Tommaso

Yaritza Véliz

Lukasz Goliński

Marianna Hovanisyan

Mezzosopraan (+1)

Cai Jingwen

Seumas Begg

Ross Ramgobin

Dirigent (+2)

Mark Elder

Sopraan (+2)

Valentina Puskás

Dirigent (+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.

Frans

Italiaans

Londen

Verenigd Koninkrijk

Main Stage

Carmen Bizet

Staged

Opera

Rahul Solomon

Engels

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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