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Carmen
Text Henri Meilhac & Ludovic Halévy after Prosper Mérimée
Opéra comique in four acts
1 break
A visit to the performance is recommended from the age of 14.
Cast January and February 2024
Musical direction
Alexander Soddy
Staging
Calixto Bieito
Scenic rehearsal
Joan Anton Rechi
Stage
Alfons Flores
Costumes
Mercè Paloma
Light
Alberto Rodriguez Vega
Carmen
Eve-Maud Hubeaux
Don José
Michael Fabiano
Escamillo,Toreador
Roberto Tagliavini
Micaëla
Slávka Zámečníková
Cast April 2024
Musical direction
Asher Fisch
Staging
Calixto Bieito
Scenic rehearsal
Joan Anton Rechi
Stage
Alfons Flores
Costumes
Mercè Paloma
Light
Alberto Rodriguez Vega
Carmen
Vasilisa Berzhanskaya
Don José
Vittorio Grigolo
Escamillo,Toreador
Alexey Markov
Micaëla
Kristina Mkhitaryan
Inhalt
Es ist eine Geschichte voller Missverständnisse: Liebe wird verwechselt mit Begehren, eine Affäre mit einer exklusiven Beziehung, Zuneigung mit Besitzanspruch und Gewalt mit Leidenschaft. Doch den höchsten Preis in diesem Geflecht zahlt Carmen – eine Frau, die ihre Unabhängigkeit mehr liebt als alles andere.
Contents
1st act
Soldiers led by Private Morales stand guard in front of a cigarette factory in southern Spain. Micaëla, a young woman from the Basque Country, is looking for Don José, with whom she grew up. This one is currently not on duty. When the soldiers become intrusive, Micaëla flees.
After the changing of the guard, when José starts work, there is a break in the cigarette factory. The women workers step onto the square – enthusiastically watched by the men. Carmen is expected most eagerly. She comes and sings a song about the unpredictability and uncontrollability of love. At the end she throws a flower to José.
Micaëla hands José a letter and reports that José's mother told her to kiss him from her. José is touched and confused by this surprising memory of his past life.
The factory workers alert the guards: Carmen has injured a colleague in the argument. During the interrogation by Lieutenant Zuniga, Carmen only answers provocatively. José is given the job of guarding Carmen. Flirting and with the prospect of seeing him again at Lillas Pastia's bar, Carmen makes him neglect his duty. Carmen manages to escape.
2nd act
On the outskirts of town, Lillas Pastia runs an impromptu pub where Zuniga and Morales are guests and are entertained by Frasquita and Mercédès. Carmen sings an inciting song. Accompanied by celebrating soldiers, the bullfighter Escamillo arrives, is cheered and moves on.
The smugglers Dancaïre and Remendado propose to the women a criminal maneuver in which the women should use their feminine charms. Frasquita and Mercédès join them, Carmen refuses. She is in love with José and wants to wait for him.
José was imprisoned for two months because of Carmen's escape, today he sees her again for the first time. When the signal for the curfew sounds after a short time, Carmen is angry that José wants to follow him. The dispute escalates. When José actually wants to leave, Lieutenant Zuniga comes back, who is also after Carmen. José defends her aggressively. As José and Zuniga fight, the smugglers return and incapacitate Zuniga. José ignored the curfew and attacked his boss, choosing to live with the gang of smugglers.
3rd act
In the border area, the smugglers meet and wait for an opportunity to bring their goods across the border. Carmen and José are arguing, not for the first time: she doesn't want to be ordered to do anything, he sees "the devil" in her at such moments. Frasquita, Mercédès and Carmen play the cards: Mercédès foresees the love of his life, while Frasquita prophesies a rich husband and his imminent death. Carmen recognizes death in the cards: first her own, then José's.
The smugglers get to work. Micaëla has made her way to the smugglers and only just misses her departure. She hides to wait for José.
José, who stayed close to the smugglers' camp as a guard, meets Escamillo, who wants to see Carmen. José attacks him with the knife. The returning smugglers separate the combatants. Escamillo says goodbye confident of victory and invites everyone to his next bullfight. The smugglers discover Micaëla urging José to go back to his mother. José hesitates, concerned that in his absence Carmen might turn to Escamillo. Finally, Micaëla says that José's mother is dying and is able to change his mind. Escamillo's song can be heard in the distance.
4th act
There is great excitement in front of the arena: the crowd cheers as the bullfight performers enter. Last comes the enthusiastically received matador Escamillo. Before the fight begins, he and Carmen reaffirm their love for one another. Frasquita and Mercédès warn Carmen about José, whom they saw in the crowd, but Carmen does not want to avoid the confrontation and is left alone.
José confronts Carmen to urge her to start over. He threatens her, but she no longer loves him and is not willing to feign. While the crowd in the arena cheers for the successful Escamillo, José stabs Carmen.
Subject to change.
Opéra comique in four acts
1 break
A visit to the performance is recommended from the age of 14.
Cast January and February 2024
Musical direction
Alexander Soddy
Staging
Calixto Bieito
Scenic rehearsal
Joan Anton Rechi
Stage
Alfons Flores
Costumes
Mercè Paloma
Light
Alberto Rodriguez Vega
Carmen
Eve-Maud Hubeaux
Don José
Michael Fabiano
Escamillo,Toreador
Roberto Tagliavini
Micaëla
Slávka Zámečníková
Cast April 2024
Musical direction
Asher Fisch
Staging
Calixto Bieito
Scenic rehearsal
Joan Anton Rechi
Stage
Alfons Flores
Costumes
Mercè Paloma
Light
Alberto Rodriguez Vega
Carmen
Vasilisa Berzhanskaya
Don José
Vittorio Grigolo
Escamillo,Toreador
Alexey Markov
Micaëla
Kristina Mkhitaryan
Inhalt
Es ist eine Geschichte voller Missverständnisse: Liebe wird verwechselt mit Begehren, eine Affäre mit einer exklusiven Beziehung, Zuneigung mit Besitzanspruch und Gewalt mit Leidenschaft. Doch den höchsten Preis in diesem Geflecht zahlt Carmen – eine Frau, die ihre Unabhängigkeit mehr liebt als alles andere.
Contents
1st act
Soldiers led by Private Morales stand guard in front of a cigarette factory in southern Spain. Micaëla, a young woman from the Basque Country, is looking for Don José, with whom she grew up. This one is currently not on duty. When the soldiers become intrusive, Micaëla flees.
After the changing of the guard, when José starts work, there is a break in the cigarette factory. The women workers step onto the square – enthusiastically watched by the men. Carmen is expected most eagerly. She comes and sings a song about the unpredictability and uncontrollability of love. At the end she throws a flower to José.
Micaëla hands José a letter and reports that José's mother told her to kiss him from her. José is touched and confused by this surprising memory of his past life.
The factory workers alert the guards: Carmen has injured a colleague in the argument. During the interrogation by Lieutenant Zuniga, Carmen only answers provocatively. José is given the job of guarding Carmen. Flirting and with the prospect of seeing him again at Lillas Pastia's bar, Carmen makes him neglect his duty. Carmen manages to escape.
2nd act
On the outskirts of town, Lillas Pastia runs an impromptu pub where Zuniga and Morales are guests and are entertained by Frasquita and Mercédès. Carmen sings an inciting song. Accompanied by celebrating soldiers, the bullfighter Escamillo arrives, is cheered and moves on.
The smugglers Dancaïre and Remendado propose to the women a criminal maneuver in which the women should use their feminine charms. Frasquita and Mercédès join them, Carmen refuses. She is in love with José and wants to wait for him.
José was imprisoned for two months because of Carmen's escape, today he sees her again for the first time. When the signal for the curfew sounds after a short time, Carmen is angry that José wants to follow him. The dispute escalates. When José actually wants to leave, Lieutenant Zuniga comes back, who is also after Carmen. José defends her aggressively. As José and Zuniga fight, the smugglers return and incapacitate Zuniga. José ignored the curfew and attacked his boss, choosing to live with the gang of smugglers.
3rd act
In the border area, the smugglers meet and wait for an opportunity to bring their goods across the border. Carmen and José are arguing, not for the first time: she doesn't want to be ordered to do anything, he sees "the devil" in her at such moments. Frasquita, Mercédès and Carmen play the cards: Mercédès foresees the love of his life, while Frasquita prophesies a rich husband and his imminent death. Carmen recognizes death in the cards: first her own, then José's.
The smugglers get to work. Micaëla has made her way to the smugglers and only just misses her departure. She hides to wait for José.
José, who stayed close to the smugglers' camp as a guard, meets Escamillo, who wants to see Carmen. José attacks him with the knife. The returning smugglers separate the combatants. Escamillo says goodbye confident of victory and invites everyone to his next bullfight. The smugglers discover Micaëla urging José to go back to his mother. José hesitates, concerned that in his absence Carmen might turn to Escamillo. Finally, Micaëla says that José's mother is dying and is able to change his mind. Escamillo's song can be heard in the distance.
4th act
There is great excitement in front of the arena: the crowd cheers as the bullfight performers enter. Last comes the enthusiastically received matador Escamillo. Before the fight begins, he and Carmen reaffirm their love for one another. Frasquita and Mercédès warn Carmen about José, whom they saw in the crowd, but Carmen does not want to avoid the confrontation and is left alone.
José confronts Carmen to urge her to start over. He threatens her, but she no longer loves him and is not willing to feign. While the crowd in the arena cheers for the successful Escamillo, José stabs Carmen.
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