Name: Carmen
Start: 2023-05-12T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2023-06-17T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Theatre Royal

Organization

Direction d'orchestre

Dane Lam

Mise en scène

John Fulljames

Décors

Sarah Beaton

Costumes

Christina Cunningham

Lumières

James Farncombe

Video

Will Duke

Chorégraphie

Jenny Ogilvie

Chanteur

Mezzo-soprano

Justina Gringyte

Carmen

Baryton

Phillip Rhodes

Escamillo

Soprano

Hye-Youn Lee

Micäela

Colin Murray

Le Dancaïre

Ténor

Osian Wyn Bowen

Le Remendado

Dan Shelvey

Moralès

Zoe Drummond

Frasquita

Direction de choeur

Susannah Wapshott

Alok Kumar

Don José

Lea Shaw

Mercédès

Répétiteur

Fiona MacSherry

Kristina Yorgova

Toby Hession

Acteur

Carmen Pieraccini

Assistant Stage Director

Roxana Haines

Basse

Thomas D Hopkinson

Zuniga

Scottish Opera

Orchestra

Orchestra of Scottish Opera

anglais

Édimbourg

Royaume-Uni

Festival Theatre Edinburgh

Aberdeen

His Majesty's Theatre

Inverness

Eden Court

Glasgow

Theatre Royal

Carmen Bizet

Public

Valide

Georges Bizet’s classic opera of jealousy, lust, and life outside the dictates of society gets a boldly updated new production to conclude Scottish Opera’s 60th Season.

With such hit melodies as the Habanera, Flower Aria, and Toreador Song – alongside Bizet’s magnificent orchestral interludes and rousing chorus numbers – the opera has musical riches for all.


‘Director John Fulljames’ version is a stunning, constantly surprising spectacle’
— The Skinny on Nixon in China 2020


But Carmen is not merely one show-stopping number after another. With director John Fulljames (Nixon in China 2020) at the helm and a design team led by Sarah Beaton and Christina Cunningham, Carmen’s iconic images are delivered amidst the unrest and upheavals of 1970s Spain, where the investigation into Carmen’s murder runs alongside the systems that led to her death. Carmen is the eternal outsider, carving out a life by her own rules in a militaristic and patriarchal society. The contrast of an often buoyant score and much crowd-driven action with the libretto’s introspective psychological darkness – here thrown into greater prominence in an English translation – makes Carmen an endlessly fascinating work.

With Justina Gringyte in the title role and featuring four of Scottish Opera’s 22/23 Emerging Artists – Zoe Drummond, Lea Shaw, Osian Wyn Bowen, and Colin Murray – Carmen tours to Glasgow, Edinburgh, Inverness, and Aberdeen, ensuring many chances to see the Company’s timely take on this timeless masterpiece.

 

Kindly supported by The Scottish Opera Syndicate

English

Crédits de représentation (Distribution et équipe de production )

Distribution

Équipage

Ensemble