Organization

Admin

National Centre for the Performing Arts

Conductor

Chen Zuohuang

Stage director

Francesca Zambello

Set designer

Peter J Davison

Lighting designer

Benjamin Pearcy

Costume designer

Sue Willmington

Choreographer

Duncan Macfarland

Orchestra

China NCPA Orchestra

Others

China NCPA Chorus

Chorus master

Stefano Conticello

Singer

Mezzo-soprano

Jossie Peréz

Carmen

Baritone

Michael Todd Simpson

Escamillo

Tenor

Song Wei

Don José

Brandon Jovanovich

Yuan Chenye

Viktoria Vizin

Soprano

Zhou Xiaolin

Michaela

Beijing

China

NCPA

Opera House

Carmen Bizet

Public

Approved

Originated from the novel by Prosper Mérimée, the opera Carmen was completed in the autumn of 1874. It was the last work of Georges Bizet, and also is the most popular opera on the stage in the world until now. Bizet, through his music, told us a tragic story behind brightness, and depicted the optimistic, straightforward but wild personality of a Gipsy girl, Carmen. The opera discloses the bald-faced passions, describes the eternal confrontation between men and women, shows the ruthless but beautiful life, and proves the perpetual co-existence between love and death.

In this opera, Bizet managed to create vivid dramatic melodies with Spanish elements. Some excerpts such as Habanera, Les Toreadors and the Prelude have been highly cherished by many artists and performed again and again in the past century

English

Carmen by Bizet, From (2011/2011), Directed by Francesca Zambello,, Conductor Chen Zuohuang, NCPA, Beijing, China

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Cast

Crew

Ensemble

Program, About & Synopsis

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