Name: Carmen
Start: 2015-10-19T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2015-11-30T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Royal Opera House

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Chanteur

Mezzo-soprano

Anita Rachvelishvili

Carmen

Elena Maximova

Ténor

Jonas Kaufmann

Don José

Bryan Hymel

Yonghoon Lee

Andrea Carè

Baryton

Gábor Bretz

Escamillo

Alexander Vinogradov

Soprano

Sonya Yoncheva

Micäela

Nicole Car

Celine Byrne

Vlada Borovko

Frasquita

Rachel Kelly

Mercédès

Michèle Losier

Adrian Clarke

Le Dancaïre

Grant Doyle

Harry Nicoll

Le Remendado

Timothy Robinson

Basse

Nicolas Courjal

Zuniga

Samuel Dale Johnson

Moralès

Direction d'orchestre

Bertrand de Billy

Alexander Joel

Mise en scène

Francesca Zambello

Décors

Tanya McCallin

Assistant Director

Greg Eldridge

Royal Opera House

français

Londres

Royaume-Uni

Private

Public

anglais

Valide

Grant Doyle as Dancaire

Jonas Kaufmann as Don José sings the Flower Song 'La fleur que tu m'avais jetée' with Anna Caterina Antonacci as Carmen in Act II of Francesca Zambello's production of Georges Bizet's opera Carmen, The Royal Opera, 2006.

Find out more at http://www.roh.org.uk/carmen


Carmen was based on a popular novella of the same name by Prosper Mérimée, which enticed French readers with exotic tales of Spain. Its heady combination of passion, sensuality and violence initially proved too much for the stage and Georges Bizet’s opera was a critical failure on its premiere in 1875. Bizet died shortly after, never learning of the spectacular success Carmen would achieve – it has been staged over 500 times at Covent Garden alone.

Carmen contains many well-loved numbers, such as Carmen’s seductive Habanera and Escamillo’s rousing Toreador’s song, in which he celebrates the thrill of the bullfight. Richly coloured designs capture the sultry heat of the Spanish sun, while ranks of soldiers, crowds of peasants, gypsies and bullfighters bring 19th-century Seville alive. This combination of memorable music, vivid setting and dramatic story have made Carmen one of the most popular operas in the world.

Carmen – The Flower Song (Jonas Kaufmann, The Royal Opera)

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