Name: Carmen
Start: 2024-03-31T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2024-03-31T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Sofia Opera

Organization

Sofia Opera & Ballet

Regie

Plamen Kartalov

Dirigat

Zhorzh Dimitrov

Lichtgestaltung

Andrej Hajdinjak

Kostümbild

Hristiana Mihaleva

Bühnenbild

Miodrag Tabački

Choreographie

Antoaneta Aleksieva

Svetlin Ivelinov

Korrepetition

Yolanta Smolyanova

Agnes Dankova

Aleksandra Ivanova

Svetlana Ananievska-Yankulova

Chordirektion

Violeta Dimitrova

Übersetzung

Shezhina Rusinova-Zdravkova

Mezzosopran

Violeta Radomirska

Carmen

Tenor

Kostadin Andreev

Don José

Bariton

Ventseslav Anastasov

Escamillo

Bass

Svetozar Rangelov

Zuniga

Atanas Mladenov

Morales

Sopran

Diana Vassileva

Frasquita

Tsvetelina Kotseva

Mercedes

Krasimir Dinev

Remendado

Orchestra

Sofia Opera and Ballet Orchestra

Others

Sofia Opera and Ballet Chorus

Teodor Petkov

Dancaïro

Radostina Nikolaeva

Michaëla

Französisch

Sofia

Bulgarien

Sofia Opera

Main Hall

Carmen Bizet

Public

Tanya Zhekova

Englisch

Bulgarisch

Genehmigt

Instrumentalist

Klavier

Violinist

Cellist

Violist

Flutist

Clarinetist

Guitarist

Organist

Percussionist

Oboist

hornist

Bassoonist

Trumpeter

Contrabassist

Harper

Trombonist

Saxophonist

Harpsichordist

Accordionist

Bassist

Tuba Player

Recorder Player

Lutenist

Tenor Violinist

Timpani

Mandoline Player

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Violino Piccolo Player

Viola da Gambist

Musette de cour Player

Viola Pomposa Player

Archlutenist

Vibraphonist

Cornettist

Viola d’amore Player

Theorbist

Komposition

Libretto

Tänzer

Schauspiel

Videogestaltung

Dramaturgie

Tongestaltung

Maske

Leitender Produzent

Haar

Andere

Stage Manager

Chor

Orchester

Poet

GesangslehrerIn

Lehrer

Photographer

Rundfunk

Writer

Writing and performance

Chorus Director

Wig & Makeup Designer

Orchestra Operations

Illustrator

Extra

Countertenor

Singer

Bass-Bariton

Gesprochen

Kinderstimme

Leise

Alto

Continuo

CARMEN – A REFLECTION OF TRAGIC GUILT FROM AN ANCIENT GREEK TRAGEDY

Music, lyrics and theatre of the movement are the basic trinity of the principles of the ancient Greek classical tragedy. All genres from the epoch of the Renaissance are irrevocably revived from her.

In our new production of CARMEN by Georges Bizet, the directing, in the look from its musical drama to its life on the stage, is a personal choice for an independent conceptual view in the style of mixed principles of modernity and traditions of the ancient Greek theatre. But the ancient Japanese NOH theatre, which combines closeness with it, also gives grounds for seeking approaches that motivate my choice to escape the clichés of familiar interpretations of the eternal masterpiece of the French musical realistic theatre.

In this sense, the spatial dimensions keep the scene cleared of props, free from deciphering the genre according to classical categories. Dominant place has the concentration on the fate of the main characters, placed in the central circle as their main arena of destiny. And the space around the arena is the place for the spectators, for their play, behavior and reactions of a simultaneously observing, commenting and acting Chorus.

The composition of the spatial parts for the action and the play are in harmonious proportions and proportionality of the parts in the stage space. The circle as a geometric figure, a legacy together with the square of the ancient Greek canon in the sculptural thinking about the proportions of the human body, is our main and elevated stage. It is also defined as a harmonious relationship for the three main characters involved in the tragedy of the libretto.

Three amphitheater tribunes surrounding the circle are a generalized symbol of the seats for the spectators, but in the musical-scenic dramatic fabric, this is the singing chorus. They, the spectators – chorus, become an energetic collective catalyst of the dramatic conflict between the tragic figure of the main character with her surroundings, expressed precisely by the collective personage – Chorus, the other very important actor in the ancient Greek classical tragedy.

This is how the conflict manifests itself: the tragic and lonely figure of Carmen, whose behavior is always focused on playing in the arena, stands, completely independent and isolated, in the counterpoint of the generalized image of the commenting community of hidden, indifferent and impersonal faces of masks – chorus, a particularly important and strong collective character.

Completely isolated and independent of the masked environment is the behavior, action and sad drama of the three fatefully intertwined protagonists: Carmen – Don José – Micaëla. The rest of characters: Escamillo, Le Dancaïre, Remendado, Frasquita and Mercédès, along with the episodic Moralès and Zuniga, are symbols of the common alloy – a picture that visually vibrates, with the carelessness and vitality, and is on the periphery of the main characters' personal drama.

CARMEN is a tragedy of personality. This is why in the spectacle she is the center, as an earthly person, but limited by an extraterrestrial power. There are two vital vibrations of the main character: love and freedom. Love and freedom are more important to her than life. She herself becomes their victim, fighting against the predestination that marked her. Her urges for independence make her a victim. From the very beginning she was doomed above everything else. Her personality does not fit into frames. She chooses on her own, she determines her behavior. For her, the world is impersonal and soulless. She prefers solitude. Carmen makes the decisions for her life on her own. She does not accept the predicted death from the cards and exactly her right of choice leads her to the death, to which she goes on her own for her fatal meeting with José. Thus, with the freedom of her strong spirit, independent of anyone, she decides on her life. Her pride is punished also because of her conscience constantly looking for change – audacity and challenge. But human life is in the hands of Fate.

Carmen is a reflection of tragic guilt, close in fate to characters and images from the classic masterpieces of ancient Greek tragedy.

Plamen Kartaloff
Stage director

English

Carmen by Bizet, So. 31 März 2024, Ab (2024/2024), Unter der Regie von Plamen Kartalov,, Dirigat Zhorzh Dimitrov, Sofia Opera, Sofia, Bulgarien

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