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Georges Bizet

Carmen

10 Dec, 25 - 04 Jan, 26

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Musical conductor
Eun Sun Kim
Stage direction
Damiano Micheletto
Chorus and Orchestra 
Chorus and Orchestra of Teatro Real

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 Akhmetshina, 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 by Georges Bizet (1838-1875)

Libretto by Henri Meilhac y Ludovic Halévy, after Prosper Mérimée’s novel Carmen (1845)

Premiered at Opéra-Comique (Paris) on 3 March 1875

Premiered at Teatro Real on 14 March 1888

Produced by 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

Dramaturg: Elisa Zaninotto


Cast

Carmen 

Aigul Akhmetshina_ 10, 13, 16, 19, 23, 26, 29 dec

J’Nai Bridges _ 11, 14, 17, 20, 27, 30 dec; 3 jan

Ketevan Kemoklidze _ 2, 4 jan


Don José  

Charles Castronovo _ 10, 13, 16, 19, 23, 26, 29 dec; 2, 4 jan

Michael Fabiano _ 11, 14, 17, 20, 27, 30 dec; 3 jan
 

Escamillo 

Lucas Meachem _ 10, 13, 16, 19, 23, 26 dec; 2 jan

Luca Micheletti _ 11, 14, 27, 30 dec; 3 jan

Dmitry Cheblykov _ 17, 20, 29 dec; 4 jan


Micaëla

Adriana González _ 10, 13, 16, 19, 23, 26, 29 dec; 2, 4 jan

Miren Urbieta-Vega _ 11, 14, 17, 20, 27, 30 dec; 3 jan


Zuniga

David Lagares  


Moralès

Toni Marsol


Frasquita

Natalia Labourdette  

   
Mercédès

Marie-Claude Chappuis


Le Dancaïre

Lluís Calvet 


Le Remendado

Mikeldi Atxalandabaso 

 

Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro Real
Little Singers of the ORCAM

 

Synopsis and more information

In Seville, Carmen is a free-spirited gypsy woman who falls madly in love with Don José, a corporal in the guard. Driven by his love for her, and against the wishes of his mother and Micaela, he leaves behind his respectable career for a life of danger with Carmen and her smuggler friends. But Carmen soon tires of Don José's possessiveness and longs to return to her independent life. When Carmen sets her sights on the famous bullfighter Escamillo, Don José's jealousy and desperation lead him to kill her.

Performances

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10 December 2025

19:30

Main Auditorium

Aigul Akhmetshina, Charles Castronovo, Lucas Meachem, Adriana González, David Lagares, Toni Marsol, Natalia Labourdette, Marie-Claude Chappuis, Lluís Calvet, Mikeldi Atxalandabaso
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11 December 2025

19:30

Main Auditorium

J’Nai Bridges, Michael Fabiano, Luca Micheletti, Miren Urbieta-Vega, David Lagares, Toni Marsol, Natalia Labourdette, Marie-Claude Chappuis, Lluís Calvet, Mikeldi Atxalandabaso
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13 December 2025

19:30

Main Auditorium

Aigul Akhmetshina, Charles Castronovo, Lucas Meachem, Adriana González, David Lagares, Toni Marsol, Natalia Labourdette, Marie-Claude Chappuis, Lluís Calvet, Mikeldi Atxalandabaso
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14 December 2025

18:00

Main Auditorium

J’Nai Bridges, Michael Fabiano, Luca Micheletti, Miren Urbieta-Vega, David Lagares, Toni Marsol, Natalia Labourdette, Marie-Claude Chappuis, Lluís Calvet, Mikeldi Atxalandabaso
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16 December 2025

19:30

Main Auditorium

Aigul Akhmetshina, Charles Castronovo, Lucas Meachem, Adriana González, David Lagares, Toni Marsol, Natalia Labourdette, Marie-Claude Chappuis, Lluís Calvet, Mikeldi Atxalandabaso
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17 December 2025

19:30

Main Auditorium

J’Nai Bridges, Michael Fabiano, Dmitry Cheblykov, Miren Urbieta-Vega, David Lagares, Toni Marsol, Natalia Labourdette, Marie-Claude Chappuis, Lluís Calvet, Mikeldi Atxalandabaso
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19 December 2025

19:30

Main Auditorium

Aigul Akhmetshina, Charles Castronovo, Lucas Meachem, Adriana González, David Lagares, Toni Marsol, Natalia Labourdette, Marie-Claude Chappuis, Lluís Calvet, Mikeldi Atxalandabaso
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20 December 2025

19:30

Main Auditorium

J’Nai Bridges, Michael Fabiano, Dmitry Cheblykov, Miren Urbieta-Vega, David Lagares, Toni Marsol, Natalia Labourdette, Marie-Claude Chappuis, Lluís Calvet, Mikeldi Atxalandabaso
Subscription tickets F

23 December 2025

19:30

Main Auditorium

Aigul Akhmetshina, Charles Castronovo, Lucas Meachem, Adriana González, David Lagares, Toni Marsol, Natalia Labourdette, Marie-Claude Chappuis, Lluís Calvet, Mikeldi Atxalandabaso
Subscription tickets S1

26 December 2025

19:30

Main Auditorium

Aigul Akhmetshina, Charles Castronovo, Lucas Meachem, Adriana González, David Lagares, Toni Marsol, Natalia Labourdette, Marie-Claude Chappuis, Lluís Calvet, Mikeldi Atxalandabaso
Subscription tickets X

27 December 2025

19:30

Main Auditorium

J’Nai Bridges, Michael Fabiano, Luca Micheletti, Miren Urbieta-Vega, David Lagares, Toni Marsol, Natalia Labourdette, Marie-Claude Chappuis, Lluís Calvet, Mikeldi Atxalandabaso
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29 December 2025

19:30

Main Auditorium

Aigul Akhmetshina, Charles Castronovo, Dmitry Cheblykov, Adriana González, David Lagares, David Lagares, Toni Marsol, Natalia Labourdette, Marie-Claude Chappuis, Lluís Calvet, Mikeldi Atxalandabaso
Subscription tickets B

30 December 2025

19:30

Main Auditorium

J’Nai Bridges, Michael Fabiano, Luca Micheletti, Miren Urbieta-Vega, David Lagares, Toni Marsol, Natalia Labourdette, Marie-Claude Chappuis, Lluís Calvet, Mikeldi Atxalandabaso
Subscription tickets S2

02 January 2026

19:30

Main Auditorium

Ketevan Kemoklidze, Charles Castronovo, Lucas Meachem, Adriana González, David Lagares, Toni Marsol, Natalia Labourdette, Marie-Claude Chappuis, Lluís Calvet, Mikeldi Atxalandabaso
Subscription tickets D

03 January 2026

19:30

Main Auditorium

J’Nai Bridges, Michael Fabiano, Luca Micheletti, Miren Urbieta-Vega, David Lagares, Toni Marsol, Natalia Labourdette, Marie-Claude Chappuis, Lluís Calvet, Mikeldi Atxalandabaso
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04 January 2026

18:00

Main Auditorium

Ketevan Kemoklidze, Charles Castronovo, Dmitry Cheblykov, Adriana González, David Lagares, Toni Marsol, Natalia Labourdette, Marie-Claude Chappuis, Lluís Calvet, Mikeldi Atxalandabaso
Subscription tickets C

Cultural activities

Taller infantil

What's OnUniversidad Nebrija

Carmen y las voces del tiempo: Historias que brillan con luz propia

Con la ópera Carmen como telón de fondo, la Universidad Nebrija propone un escape room en el que los más pequeños de la casa recorrerán los escenarios más emblemáticos de la obra, para que allí -y guiados por figuras femeninas inspiradoras- tomen decisiones por la protagonista en momentos clave de su historia, descubriendo así que la libertad de elegir, el coraje de ser uno mismo y la responsabilidad de nuestras acciones no siempre son caminos fáciles, pero sí muy valiosos.  

La actividad, desarrollada por alumnos de los Grados en Educación Infantil y Primaria, será una experiencia en la que la música, la imaginación y los valores se entrelazan para dar vida a las historias de mujeres que, como la propia Carmen, usaron su voz, fuerza e inteligencia para transformar el mundo.

29 de noviembre. 11.00 h.

Campus Madrid-Arturo Soria (c/Asura, 90)

Actividad gratuita para niños entre 5 y 8 años

Acceso libre hasta completar aforo previa inscripción en este enlace

29

November

2025

11:00

CONFERENCIA

What's OnBiblioteca Regional de Madrid

Carmen: mito y música. España en el espejo de Bizet
El musicólogo y profesor en el Conservatorio Profesional de Música de Getafe y de la Universidad de La Rioja, Rafael Fernández de Larrinoa, explorará cómo la música española sedujo a la Europa romántica a través del teatro musical y las compañías de baile españolas, cómo Bizet incorporó ese imaginario en Carmen, su temprana recepción en España y la transformación de la protagonista en un mito universal que aún hoy encarna —para el mundo— la esencia de lo español.


10 de diciembre. 18.30 h.

Actividad gratuita y de acceso libre hasta completar aforo

10

December

2025

18:30

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