Name: Carmen
Start: 2022-11-15T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2023-02-25T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Opéra Bastille

Organization

Conductor

Fabien Gabel

Chorus master

Chin-Lien Wu

Alessandro Di Stefano

Stage director

Calixto Bieito

Costume designer

Mercè Paloma

Lighting designer

Alberto Rodríguez

Set designer

Alfons Flores

Singer

Tenor

Michael Spyres

Don José

Joseph Calleja

Baritone

Etienne Dupuis

Escamillo

Marc Labonnette

Dancaire

Loïc Félix

Remendado

Bass

Guilhem Worms

Zuniga

Tomasz Kumiega

Morales

Mezzo-soprano

Gaëlle Arquez

Carmen

Clémentine Margaine

Soprano

Golda Schultz

Michaela

Adriana González

Nicole Car

Andrea Cueva Molnar

Frasquita

Adèle Charvet

Mercedes

Vittorio Grigolo

Ildebrando D'Arcangelo

Alejandro Baliñas Vieites

Opéra National de Paris

Others

Choeur d’enfants de l’Opéra national de Paris

Chœur de l’Opéra national de Paris

Maîtrise des Hauts-de-Seine

Orchestra

Paris Opera Orchestra

French

Paris

France

Opéra Bastille

Public

English

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 gamba

Viola d’amore Player

Violinist

Violino Piccolo Player

Violist

Actor

Broadcasting

Chefdirigent Musiktheater

Choir

Choreographer

Chorus Director

Composer

Dancer

Dramaturge

Executive producer

Extra

Hairstylist

Illustrator

Librettist

Makeup artist

Orchestra Operations

Other

Photographer

Poet

Repetiteur

Sound designer

Stage Manager

Teacher

Translator

Video designer

Vocal coach

Wig & Makeup Designer

Writer

Writing and performance

Countertenor

Bass-baritone

Contralto

Alto

Child vocalist

Continuo

Silent

Spoken

Quel scandale le 3 mars 1875, lors de la création de Carmen à l’Opéra‑Comique devant un public choqué par ce « dévergondage castillan » ! Georges Bizet mourr...

Carmen Bizet

IN A FEW WORDS :

What a scandal on March 3, 1875, during the creation of Carmen at the Opéra-Comique before an audience shocked by this “Castilian shamelessness”! Georges Bizet will die three months later, without suspecting that his score would become one of the most played in the world. If the success of the work is due to its unforgettable melodies, it owes a lot to the liberated character of the famous cigar girl. “Carmen will never give in, free she was born, free she will die,” the heroine says to Don José at the end of the opera. This irrepressible freedom, coupled with the need to live ever more intensely on the razor's edge, Calixto Bieito's staging reflects it like no other. From the character of Mérimée, Carmen retains in Bieito the deeply Iberian contours and the burning temperament of one who lives off petty trafficking. But the rebellious bird is fundamentally of our time. Seductive and rebellious vamp, witness to male and societal brutality, she drives at high speed, in a hurry to exist.

EN QUELQUES MOTS :

Quel scandale le 3 mars 1875, lors de la création de Carmen à l’Opéra‑Comique devant un public choqué par ce « dévergondage castillan » ! Georges Bizet mourra trois mois plus tard, sans se douter que sa partition deviendrait l’une des plus jouées au monde. Si le succès de l’œuvre est dû à ses mélodies inoubliables, il doit beaucoup au caractère affranchi de la célèbre cigarière. « Jamais Carmen ne cèdera, libre elle est née, libre elle mourra », lance l’héroïne à Don José à la fin de l’opéra. Cette irrépressible liberté, couplée à la nécessité de vivre toujours plus intensément sur le fil du rasoir, la mise en scène de Calixto Bieito en rend compte comme nulle autre. Du personnage de Mérimée, Carmen conserve chez Bieito les contours profondément ibériques et le tempérament brûlant de celle qui vit de petits trafics. Mais l’oiseau rebelle est foncièrement de notre époque. Vamp aguicheuse et insoumise, témoin de la brutalité masculine et sociétale, elle roule à grande vitesse, pressée d’exister.

français

Carmen by Bizet, Wed 22 Feb 2023, From (2022/2023), Directed by Calixto Bieito,, Conductor Fabien Gabel, Opéra Bastille, Paris, France

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