Organization

Conductor

Louis Langrée

Sora Elisabeth Lee

Stage director

Andreas Homoki

Set designer

Paul Zoller

Costume designer

Gideon Davey

Lighting designer

Franck Evin

Assistant Conductor

Julien Masmondet

Assistant Costume designer

Lena Winkler-Hermaden

Chorus master

Christophe Grapperon

Singer

Mezzo-soprano

Gaëlle Arquez

Carmen

Tenor

Frédéric Antoun

Don José

Baritone

Jean-Fernand Setti

Escamillo

Soprano

Norma Nahoun

Frasquita

Aliénor Feix

Mercedes

Bass

François Lis

Zuniga

Jean-Christophe Lanièce

Morales

Matthieu Walendzik

Dancaire

Paco Garcia

Remendado

Opernhaus Zürich

Elbenita Kajtazi

Michaela

Others

accentus - Opéra de Rouen

Maîtrise Populaire de l’Opéra Comique

Orchestra

Orchestre des Champs-Elysées

Opéra Comique

French

Paris

France

Opéra-Comique

Salle Favart

Public

Private

English

Approved

The most performed opera in the world returns to the stage where it came to life in an atmosphere of scandal. Andreas Homoki leads this visionary masterpiece together with Gaëlle Arquez in the title role and the Champs-Elysées Orchestra, headed by Louis Langrée.

Carmen is the French opera that is most performed around the globe and the most frequently played at the Opéra Comique. Nevertheless, this work of art first chocked the public with its visionary naturalism and independent heroine, whose Spanish tone, magnificently recreated by Bizet between Paris and Bougival, didn’t make appear any gentler. After Bizet’s sudden death, Carmen won the hearts of Vienna, Brussels, Saint-Petersburg, New York… and only triumphed in Paris in 1883.

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Crew

Ensemble

Co-Producer