Name: Carmen
Start: 2023-04-21T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2023-04-22T00:00:00.000Z
Location: White Rock Theatre

Organization

Admin

Opera South East

Regisseur

Eleanor Strutt

Dirigent

Kenneth Roberts

Set designer

Kath Keep

Licht ontwerper

Zanger

Mezzo-soprano

Deirdre Arratoon

Carmen

Tenor

Matthew Clark

Don José

Baritone

Jon Openshaw

Escamillo

Soprano

Helen Bailey

Micäela

Bass

Oscar Smith

Zuniga

Joe Edmunds

Le Dancaïro

Kristian Thorkildsen

Le Remendado

Rebecca Hughes

Mercédes

Rebecca Mitchell

Frasquita

Will O'Brien

Moralés

Orchestra

Sussex Concert Orchestra

Others

Opera South East Chorus

Engels

Hastings

Verenigd Koninkrijk

White Rock Theatre

Carmen Bizet

Public

Samrat Sen

Approved

Accordionist

Instrumentalist

Archlutenist

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Bassist

Bassoonist

Cellist

Clarinetist

Contrabassist

Cornettist

Flutist

Guitarist

Harper

Harpsichordist

Hornist

Lutenist

Mandoline Player

Musette de cour Player

Oboist

Organist

Percussionist

Pianist

Recorder Player

Saxophonist

Tenor Violinist

Timpani

Trombonist

Trumpeter

Tuba Player

Vibraphonist

Viola Pomposa Player

Viola da Gambist

Viola d’amore Player

Violinist

Violino Piccolo Player

Violist

Acteur

Broadcasting

Chefdirigent Musiktheater

Choreograaf

Chorus Director

Componist

Danser

Dramaturg

Extra

Geluidsontwerper

Haar stylist

Illustrator

Koor

Koor meester

Kostuum ontwerper

Librettist

Orchestra Operations

Orkest

Other

Photographer

Poet

Répétiteur

Stage Manager

Teacher

Uitvoerend producent

Vertaler

Video ontwerper

Visagist

Vocal coach

Wig & Makeup Designer

Writer

Writing and performance

Bass-baritone

Countertenor

Contralto

Alto

Child vocalist

Continuo

Silent

Spoken

Passion turns to jealousy. Hope turns to despair. Order turns to anarchy. Beneath the blazing sun a bull is slaughtered for sport, as outside the arena a woman lies dead, murdered by her jealous lover.

Desire and brutality dance hand in hand in this spectacular full-scale production. With its dramatic plot and thrilling score, Carmen is probably the most popular opera in the world. 

Carmen: a woman ablaze with passion, surrounded by men possessed by obsession and jealousy, sets herself on a road to tragedy when she meets Don José, who is searching for a purpose in life.

Director Eleanor Strutt brings a modern sensibility to this production which is set in 1820s Seville. Our Carmen is a woman who transcends her circumstances – she is passionate about taking control of her life and her choices. Carmen’s music is unpredictable, challenging and captivating, so too is her character.

When the cards predict her impending death, she recognises that her fate is bound to Don José’s, and yet she seeks to confront him outside the bullring. Carmen makes no attempt to escape; it is as if she is hurrying along her fate, choosing her moment to die, staying in command to the end.

So, while Don José is unhinged and carrying a knife, does he actually murder her? Or does Carmen manipulate him to fulfil the cards’ prediction? And by doing so, does she also set up his death knowing that he will be executed for her murder? In the end, neither can survive without the other. This is a love that cannot be tamed.
Directed by Eleanor Strutt, and conducted by Kenneth Roberts who was joined by the Sussex Concert Orchestra in the pit for this wonderful feast of music and drama, and of course the chorus of Opera South East singing on stage, with Principal performers as below...

It’s a poignant year for Kenneth Roberts who conducts his final piece for Opera South East before he retires as our conductor and musical director later this year.

English

Carmen by Bizet, Van (2023/2023), Geregisseerd door Eleanor Strutt,, Dirigent Kenneth Roberts, White Rock Theatre, Hastings, Verenigd Koninkrijk

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