Organization

Admin

Opera Australia

Regie

Anne-Louise Sarks

Kostümbild

Bühnenbild (+1)

Marg Horwell

Bühnenbild

Lichtgestaltung

Lichtgestaltung (+1)

Paul Jackson

Bass (+5)

Richard Anderson

Zuniga

Sopran (+1)

Jane Ede

Frasquita

Assistent Des Bühnenregisseurs

Miranda Summers

Choreographie

Choreographie (+1)

Shannon Burns

Bariton (+3)

Phillip Rhodes

Escamillo

Regie (+3)

Alexander Hargreaves

Dancaïro

Jennifer Black

Michaëla

Chorus

Opera Australia Chorus

Orchestra

Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra

Sydney Opera House

Mezzosopran (+6)

Helen Sherman

Mercedes

Bass-Bariton (+5)

Andrew Moran

Morales

Tenor

Diego Torre

Don José

Dirigent

Natalie Murray Beale

Tenor (+4)

Kanen Breen

Remendado

Regent Theatre

Bariton (+4)

Nathan Lay

Alt (+3)

Angela Hogan

Mezzosopran (+3)

Sian Sharp

Carmen

Rihab Chaieb

Tenor (+1)

Young Woo Kim

Sopran

Stacey Alleaume

Tenor (+5)

Benjamin Rasheed

Tenor (+2)

Abraham Bretón

Instrumentalist (+3)

Tahu Matheson

Luke Gabbedy

Sopran (+4)

Danielle de Niese

Dirigent (+2)

Clelia Cafiero

Dirigent (+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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