Organization

Admin

Opera Australia

Regia

Anne-Louise Sarks

Costumi

Scenografia (+1)

Marg Horwell

Scenografia

Luci

Luci (+1)

Paul Jackson

Basso (+5)

Richard Anderson

Zuniga

Soprano (+1)

Jane Ede

Frasquita

Assistente alla regia

Miranda Summers

Coreografia

Coreografia (+1)

Shannon Burns

Baritono (+3)

Phillip Rhodes

Escamillo

Regia (+3)

Alexander Hargreaves

Dancairo

Jennifer Black

Micaëla

Chorus

Opera Australia Chorus

Orchestra

Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra

Sydney Opera House

Mezzosoprano (+6)

Helen Sherman

Mercédès

Basso-baritono (+5)

Andrew Moran

Moralès

Tenore

Diego Torre

Don José

Direttore d'orchestra

Natalie Murray Beale

Tenore (+4)

Kanen Breen

Remendado

Regent Theatre

Baritono (+4)

Nathan Lay

Contralto (+3)

Angela Hogan

Mezzosoprano (+3)

Sian Sharp

Carmen

Rihab Chaieb

Tenore (+1)

Young Woo Kim

Soprano

Stacey Alleaume

Tenore (+5)

Benjamin Rasheed

Tenore (+2)

Abraham Bretón

Strumentista (+3)

Tahu Matheson

Luke Gabbedy

Soprano (+4)

Danielle de Niese

Direttore d'orchestra (+2)

Clelia Cafiero

Direttore d'orchestra (+5)

Lidiya Yankovskaya

Andrii Kymach

Fiona Jopson

Smuggler, seductress, risk-taker, rebel.
Who is this woman that turns every head?
When Carmen meets Don José, sparks fly. She won’t give up her freedom, and Don José won’t give up his girl. Their smouldering passion sets the stage for tragedy, but first, Bizet gives us an adrenaline-pumping ride through lust, jealousy and spectacle.

This visceral opera is thrilling from the moment the curtain rises and the orchestra races away with the overture. The music has it all: explosions of colour, tender love songs, sensual dances, massive choruses, and always, underneath, the beating pulse of danger.

One of Australia’s great theatre directors, Melbourne Theatre Company’s Anne-Louise Sarks offers a bold new production of the opera classic, leaning into the revolutionary heart of Bizet’s once groundbreaking opera. This is a Carmen for our time, asking urgent questions about opera’s iconic femme fatale, whose dance with destiny ends in disaster.

Australian opera sensation Danielle de Niese and Sian Sharp share the iconic title role, alongside Diego Torre and American tenor Evan LeRoy Johnson as Don José.

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