Carmen by Bizet, sex 25 set 2015, De (2015/2016), Dirigido por Beata Redo-Dobber,, Regente Michał Klauza, Europejskie Centrum Sztuki - Opera i Filharmonia Podlaska, Białystok, Polônia

Carmen is a liberated woman: she values her independence and is ready to follow her feelings, irrespective of the cost. She bravely faces the challenges of fate, which—like in a Greek tragedy—eventually brings her death. Although this may be hard to believe, the opera’s premiere was a complete and utter flop. Contemporary audiences could not stomach a work that contradicted the socially approved norms. With time, though, what turned the play’s opening night into a failure 140 years ago, became the source of its lasting popularity. Georges Bizet successfully transformed the opera scene of his time. His “Carmen” was a story of passion: a testimony of the human struggle with the timeless experience of love. Bizet introduced lifelike, contemporary people onto the stage and turned the title protagonist into a lasting, cultural symbol of female strength. Yet it is the music, full of Spanish exoticism and gypsy sparkle, that remains the greatest strength of “Carmen.” POKAŻ WIĘCEJ SYNOPSIS