Opera

Georges Bizet

Carmen

10 Dec, 25 - 04 Jan, 26

Musical conductor
Eun Sun Kim

Stage direction
Damiano Micheletto

Chorus and Orchestra
Coro y Orquesta Titulares del 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 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 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, and 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

Cast

Carmen

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

J’Nai Bridges _ 11, 14, 17, 20, 27, 30 dic; 3 ene

Ketevan Kemoklidze _ 2, 4 ene

Don José

Charles Castronovo _ 10, 13, 16, 19, 23, 26, 29 dic; 2, 4 ene

Michael Fabiano _ 11, 14, 17, 20, 27, 30 dic; 3 ene

Escamillo

Lucas Meachem _ 10, 13, 16, 19, 23, 26 dic; 2 ene

Luca Micheletti _ 11, 14, 20, 27, 30 dic; 3 ene

Dmitry Cheblykov _ 17, 29 dic; 4 ene

Micaëla

Adriana González _ 10, 13, 16, 19, 23, 26, 29 dic; 2, 4 ene

Miren Urbieta-Vega _ 11, 14, 17, 20, 27, 30 dic; 3 ene

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

Leer menos

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.

Cast

Carmen Aigul Akhmetshina

Carmen J’Nai Bridges

Carmen Ketevan Kemoklidze

Don José Charles Castronovo

Don José Michael Fabiano

Escamillo Lucas Meachem

Escamillo Luca Micheletti

Escamillo Dmitry Cheblykov

Micaëla Adriana González

Micaëla Miren Urbieta-Vega

Zúñiga David Lagares

Moralès Toni Marsol

Frasquita Natalia Labourdette

Mercédès Marie-Claude Chappuis

Le Dancaïre Lluís Calvet

Le Remendado Mikeldi Atxalandabaso

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