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Carmen
Opéra Bastille - from 15 November 2022 to 25 February 2023
Sales open on 14 June 2022 at 12h00
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Carmen
Opera Georges Bizet
Sales open on 14 June 2022 at 12h00
Book Subscribe Option booking This production is no longer available for subscription
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Opéra Bastille - from 15 November 2022 to 25 February 2023
2h55 with 1 interval
Language : French
Surtitle : French / English
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Opening night : 15 Nov. 2022
About
In few words:
At the premiere of Carmen on March 3rd 1875 at the Opéra‑ Comique, the audience, shocked by its “Castillian wantonness”, cried scandal! Georges Bizet, who died three months later, never knew that his opera was to become one of the most widely performed in the world. Although the success of this work can be attributed to its unforgettable melodies, it also owes much to the independent character of the celebrated cigarette factory worker: “Carmen will never give in. Born free, she will die free”, sings the heroine to Don José at the end of the opera. Her irrepressible liberty, coupled with the necessity to live on a knife’s edge, ever more intensely, is captured by Calixto Bieito’s production as by none other. From Mérimée’s original character, Bieito’s Carmen retains her profoundly Iberian contours and the ardent temperament of a woman living off small‑time trafficking. This rebel, however, is a thoroughly contemporary creature. A tantalising and indomitable vamp, she lives life in the fast lane, in an urgent desire to fully exist.
- Opening
- First part 85 mn
- Intermission 30 mn
- Second part 60 mn
- End
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Carmen
Opera in four acts (1875)
After Prosper Mérimée
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Music :
Georges Bizet - (1838 - 1875)
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Libretto :
Henri Meilhac
Ludovic Halévy
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Conductor :
Fabien Gabel
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Director :
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Set design :
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Costume design :
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Lighting design :
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Don José :
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15 Nov. > 3 Dec. 2022
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28 Jan. > 25 Feb. 2023
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Escamillo :
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15 Nov. > 3 Dec. 2022
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28 Jan. > 25 Feb. 2023
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Le Dancaïre :
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Le Remendado :
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Zuniga :
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NN
15 Nov. > 3 Dec. 2022
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28 Jan. > 25 Feb. 2023
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Morales :
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Carmen :
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15 Nov. > 3 Dec. 2022
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28 Jan. > 25 Feb. 2023
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Micaela :
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Golda Schultz
15 > 27 Nov.
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30 Nov.‑3 Dec.
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28 Jan. > 25 Feb. 2023
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Frasquita :
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Mercedes :
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Performances
Available in audiodescription
Advantages
Full
Available in audiodescription
Advantages
Full
Gallery
Audio clips
Carmen (saison 18/19) - Acte II - Anita Rachvelishvili (Carmen), Jean-François Borras (Don José)
Carmen (saison 18/19) - Acte II - Roberto Tagliavini (Escamillo)
Carmen (saison 18/19)- Acte III - A. Rachvelishvili , G. Philiponet, V. Lemercier
Carmen (saison 18/19) - Acte I - Nicole Car (Micaela), Jean - François Borras (Don José)
Media coverage
Calixto Bieito's violent and militant Carmen at the Opéra Bastille
TéléramaA sultry Carmen at the Paris Opera
ScenewebA torrid Carmen sets the Bastille on fire
Artistikrezo
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About the work
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Opera word for word - Carmen
By Benoit Maubrey and Marion Mirande
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Imaginaries Carmen
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Draw-me Carmen
By Octave
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“Carmen” and the Paris Opera
By Octave
Partners
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Sponsor of Carmen
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