Carmen is Georges Bizet's final opera and masterpiece, based on the novel by Prosper Mérimée. This time, it comes to the Real in a production by Damiano Michieletto, which sheds new light on the lust, violence, and passion of the popular opera. Great voices, like those of Aigul Akhmethsina, Michael Fabiano, Charles Castronovo and J'Nai Bridges will feature, along with the Orchestra of Teatro Real under the baton of Eun Sun Kim, the first woman to conduct an opera at the Teatro Real.
Opéra comique in four acts
Music: Georges Bizet (1838-1875)
Libretto: Henri Meilhac y Ludovic Halévy, after Prosper Mérimée’s novel Carmen (1845)
Producers: Teatro Real, in co-production with Royal Ballet and Opera (London) and Teatro alla Scala (Milan)
Artistic team
Conductor: Eun Sun Kim e Iñaki Encina (3,4 ene)
Stage director: Damiano Micheletto
Set design: Paolo Fantin
Costume design: Carla Teti
Lighting design: Alessandro Carletti
Chorus director: José Luis Basso
Children chorus director: Ana González
Cast
Carmen | Aigul Akhmetshina
Don José | Charles Castronovo
Escamillo | Lucas Meachem
Micaëla | Adriana González
Zuniga | David Lagares
Moralès | Toni Marsol
Frasquita | Natalia Labourdette
Mercédès | Marie-Claude Chappuis
Le Dancaïre | Lluís Calvet
Le Remendado | Mikeldi Atxalandabaso
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