Royal Opera House: Carmen
NR
2018
210 minutes
Overview
This ever-popular opera is given a fresh point of view in Barrie Kosky’s highly physical production, originally created for Frankfurt Opera. The Australian director is one of the world’s most sought-after opera directors, whose Royal Opera debut with Shostakovich’s The Nose in 2016 was greeted with delight. For Carmen he has devised a far-from-traditional version, incorporating music written by Bizet for the score but not usually heard, and giving a new voice to the opera’s endlessly fascinating central character.
Top Cast
Anna Goryachova
Carmen
Francesco Meli
Don José
Kostas Smoriginas
Escamillo
Gyula Nagy
Moralès
Kristina Mkhitaryan
Micaëla
David Soar
Zuniga
Jacquelyn Stucker
Frasquita
Aigul Akhmetshina
Mercédès
Pierre Doyen
Dancaïro
Jean-Paul Fouchécourt
Remendado
Claude De Demo
Voice of Carmen