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CARMEN

Georges Bizet

Opéra Bastille - from 07 March to 16 July 2017

New show 3h00 with 1 interval
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    Carmen

    Opera in four acts (1875)

    Music
    Georges Bizet
    Libretto
    Henri Meilhac
    Ludovic Halévy

    After Prosper Mérimée

    Conductor
    Bertrand de Billy

    7,10, 19, 22, 25 mars, 11 et 14 avril


    Giacomo Sagripanti

    13, 16, 28, 31 mars, 2, 5 et 8 avril


    Mark Elder

    juin, juillet

    Director
    Calixto Bieito
    Don José
    Roberto Alagna

    mars, 16 juil.


    Bryan Hymel

    avr., juin > 13 juil.

    Escamillo
    Roberto Tagliavini

    mars, avr.


    Ildar Abdrazakov

    juin, juil.

    Le Dancaïre
    Boris Grappe
    Le Remendado
    François Rougier
    Zuniga
    François Lis
    Carmen
    Clémentine Margaine

    mars


    Varduhi Abrahamyan

    avr.


    Anita Rachvelishvili

    juin > 13 juil.


    Elīna Garanča

    16 juil.

    Micaëla
    Aleksandra Kurzak

    mars, avr.


    Marina Costa-Jackson

    juin, juil.


    Maria Agresta

    16 juil.

    Frasquita
    Vannina Santoni
    Mercédès
    Antoinette Dennefeld
    Moralès
    Jean-Luc Ballestra
    Set design
    Alfons Flores
    Costume design
    Mercè Paloma
    Lighting design
    Alberto Rodríguez Vega
    Chorus master
    Alessandro Di Stefano
    Orchestre et Choeurs de l’Opéra national de Paris

    Maîtrise des Hauts-de-Seine / Chœur d’enfants de l’Opéra national de Paris

    French and English surtitles
    Gala in aid of the Paris Opera’s activities.
    Tarifs et réservations uniquement pour cette date : 0158186510 / galacarmen.fr

    Audio-description on 25, 28 june, 2 july 2017

    Ce spectacle fera l’objet d’une captation audiovisuelle

    Une co-production Opéra national de Paris et Caméra Lucida avec le soutien du CNC et la participation de France 3, réalisée par François-René Martin.
    Diffusion en léger différé sur Culture Box et France 3.

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    About

    "And taking the flower from her mouth, she threw it at me with a jerk of her thumb and struck me right between the eyes."

    Prosper Mérimée, Carmen


    The first words uttered by Carmen mark one of the greatest entrances in the history of opera and express all that need be said: “Love is a rebellious bird that no one can tame…” With a devilish sway of the hips and a hint of Andalusian flair, the beautiful cigar-maker sets her sights on a soldier: Don José. Fate will do the rest. Though immediately regarded as a masterpiece throughout Europe, it took time for Carmen to win acceptance in Paris where it received a lukewarm reception at its premiere in 1875. Composed to a libretto by Meilhac and Halévy based on Prosper Mérimée’s novella, the opera exploded the boundaries between tragedy and comedy with a modernity that caused a scandal at the time. Can we kill the one we love with love? The fiery beauty of Bizet’s music, where one unforgettable aria follows another, has worked year in, year out to make it the world’s most performed opera.

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    Gala in aid of the Paris Opera’s activities

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