Composer: Bizet| Date | Event | Composers, Works, Performers |
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| Tuesday 25-Jun-13 07:30pm |
 Holland Park Theatre, LondonLes pêcheurs de perles Opera Holland Park |
Anna Leese, Soprano: Leila Grant Doyle, Baritone: Zurga Jung Soo Yun, Tenor: Nadir Keel Watson, Bass: Nourabad |
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| Holland Park Theatre, London, Holland Park, London W8 6LU, United Kingdom Tuesday 25-Jun-13 07:30pm Tickets from £12 - £67.50 will be on sale from 25th April.Anna Leese, Soprano: Leila Grant Doyle, Baritone: Zurga Jung Soo Yun, Tenor: Nadir Keel Watson, Bass: Nourabad | ||
| Thursday 27-Jun-13 07:30pm |
Holland Park Theatre, London Les pêcheurs de perles Opera Holland Park |
Anna Leese, Soprano: Leila Grant Doyle, Baritone: Zurga Jung Soo Yun, Tenor: Nadir Keel Watson, Bass: Nourabad |
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| Holland Park Theatre, London, Holland Park, London W8 6LU, United Kingdom Thursday 27-Jun-13 07:30pm Tickets from £12 - £67.50 will be on sale from 25th April.Anna Leese, Soprano: Leila Grant Doyle, Baritone: Zurga Jung Soo Yun, Tenor: Nadir Keel Watson, Bass: Nourabad | ||
| Wednesday 3-Jul-13 07:30pm |
Holland Park Theatre, London Les pêcheurs de perles Opera Holland Park |
Anna Leese, Soprano: Leila Grant Doyle, Baritone: Zurga Jung Soo Yun, Tenor: Nadir Keel Watson, Bass: Nourabad |
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| Holland Park Theatre, London, Holland Park, London W8 6LU, United Kingdom Wednesday 3-Jul-13 07:30pm Tickets from £12 - £67.50 will be on sale from 25th April.Anna Leese, Soprano: Leila Grant Doyle, Baritone: Zurga Jung Soo Yun, Tenor: Nadir Keel Watson, Bass: Nourabad | ||
| Saturday 6-Jul-13 07:30pm |
Holland Park Theatre, London Les pêcheurs de perles Opera Holland Park |
Anna Leese, Soprano: Leila Grant Doyle, Baritone: Zurga Jung Soo Yun, Tenor: Nadir Keel Watson, Bass: Nourabad |
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| Holland Park Theatre, London, Holland Park, London W8 6LU, United Kingdom Saturday 6-Jul-13 07:30pm Tickets from £12 - £67.50 will be on sale from 25th April.Anna Leese, Soprano: Leila Grant Doyle, Baritone: Zurga Jung Soo Yun, Tenor: Nadir Keel Watson, Bass: Nourabad | ||
| Tuesday 9-Jul-13 07:30pm |
Holland Park Theatre, London Les pêcheurs de perles Opera Holland Park |
Anna Leese, Soprano: Leila Grant Doyle, Baritone: Zurga Jung Soo Yun, Tenor: Nadir Keel Watson, Bass: Nourabad |
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| Holland Park Theatre, London, Holland Park, London W8 6LU, United Kingdom Tuesday 9-Jul-13 07:30pm Tickets from £12 - £67.50 will be on sale from 25th April.Anna Leese, Soprano: Leila Grant Doyle, Baritone: Zurga Jung Soo Yun, Tenor: Nadir Keel Watson, Bass: Nourabad | ||
| Thursday 11-Jul-13 07:30pm |
Holland Park Theatre, London Les pêcheurs de perles Opera Holland Park |
Anna Leese, Soprano: Leila Grant Doyle, Baritone: Zurga Jung Soo Yun, Tenor: Nadir Keel Watson, Bass: Nourabad |
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| Holland Park Theatre, London, Holland Park, London W8 6LU, United Kingdom Thursday 11-Jul-13 07:30pm Tickets from £12 - £67.50 will be on sale from 25th April.Anna Leese, Soprano: Leila Grant Doyle, Baritone: Zurga Jung Soo Yun, Tenor: Nadir Keel Watson, Bass: Nourabad | ||
| Saturday 13-Jul-13 07:30pm |
Holland Park Theatre, London Les pêcheurs de perles Opera Holland Park |
Anna Leese, Soprano: Leila Grant Doyle, Baritone: Zurga Jung Soo Yun, Tenor: Nadir Keel Watson, Bass: Nourabad |
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| Holland Park Theatre, London, Holland Park, London W8 6LU, United Kingdom Saturday 13-Jul-13 07:30pm Tickets from £12 - £67.50 will be on sale from 25th April.Anna Leese, Soprano: Leila Grant Doyle, Baritone: Zurga Jung Soo Yun, Tenor: Nadir Keel Watson, Bass: Nourabad | ||
| Thursday 25-Jul-13 05:30pm |
Winslow Hall, Buckingham Yvonne Fontane returns to Winslow Hall Opera to direct and star in Bizet's Carmen |
Yvonne Fontane, Mezzo-soprano: Carmen Gianluca Paganelli, Tenor: Don José Natasha Day, Soprano: Micaela Njabulo Madlala, Baritone: Escamillo Helen Massey, Soprano: Frasquita Hannah Mason, Mezzo-soprano: Mercédès |
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| Winslow Hall, Buckingham, Winslow, Buckingham MK18 3HL, United Kingdom Thursday 25-Jul-13 05:30pm Yvonne Fontane returns to Winslow Hall Opera to direct and star in Bizet's Carmen Yvonne Fontane, Mezzo-soprano: Carmen Gianluca Paganelli, Tenor: Don José Natasha Day, Soprano: Micaela Njabulo Madlala, Baritone: Escamillo Helen Massey, Soprano: Frasquita Hannah Mason, Mezzo-soprano: Mercédès | ||
| Wednesday 4-Sep-13 07:00pm |
Staatsoper, Vienna Carmen |
Vienna State Opera Dan Ettinger, Conductor Franco Zeffirelli, Director Anita Hartig, Soprano: Micaela Rinat Shaham, Mezzo-soprano: Carmen Lance Ryan, Tenor: Don José Laurent Naouri, Baritone: Escamillo |
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| Staatsoper, Vienna, 1010 Vienna, Austria Wednesday 4-Sep-13 07:00pm Dan Ettinger, Conductor Franco Zeffirelli, Director Anita Hartig, Soprano: Micaela Rinat Shaham, Mezzo-soprano: Carmen Lance Ryan, Tenor: Don José Laurent Naouri, Baritone: Escamillo | ||
| Saturday 7-Sep-13 07:00pm |
Staatsoper, Vienna Carmen |
Vienna State Opera Dan Ettinger, Conductor Franco Zeffirelli, Director Anita Hartig, Soprano: Micaela Rinat Shaham, Mezzo-soprano: Carmen Lance Ryan, Tenor: Don José Laurent Naouri, Baritone: Escamillo |
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| Staatsoper, Vienna, 1010 Vienna, Austria Saturday 7-Sep-13 07:00pm Dan Ettinger, Conductor Franco Zeffirelli, Director Anita Hartig, Soprano: Micaela Rinat Shaham, Mezzo-soprano: Carmen Lance Ryan, Tenor: Don José Laurent Naouri, Baritone: Escamillo | ||
| Tuesday 10-Sep-13 07:00pm |
Staatsoper, Vienna Carmen |
Vienna State Opera Dan Ettinger, Conductor Franco Zeffirelli, Director Anita Hartig, Soprano: Micaela Rinat Shaham, Mezzo-soprano: Carmen Lance Ryan, Tenor: Don José Laurent Naouri, Baritone: Escamillo |
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| Staatsoper, Vienna, 1010 Vienna, Austria Tuesday 10-Sep-13 07:00pm Dan Ettinger, Conductor Franco Zeffirelli, Director Anita Hartig, Soprano: Micaela Rinat Shaham, Mezzo-soprano: Carmen Lance Ryan, Tenor: Don José Laurent Naouri, Baritone: Escamillo | ||
| Friday 13-Sep-13 07:00pm |
Staatsoper, Vienna Carmen |
Vienna State Opera Dan Ettinger, Conductor Franco Zeffirelli, Director Anita Hartig, Soprano: Micaela Rinat Shaham, Mezzo-soprano: Carmen Lance Ryan, Tenor: Don José Laurent Naouri, Baritone: Escamillo |
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| Staatsoper, Vienna, 1010 Vienna, Austria Friday 13-Sep-13 07:00pm Dan Ettinger, Conductor Franco Zeffirelli, Director Anita Hartig, Soprano: Micaela Rinat Shaham, Mezzo-soprano: Carmen Lance Ryan, Tenor: Don José Laurent Naouri, Baritone: Escamillo | ||
| Monday 16-Sep-13 07:00pm |
Staatsoper, Vienna Carmen |
Vienna State Opera Dan Ettinger, Conductor Franco Zeffirelli, Director Anita Hartig, Soprano: Micaela Rinat Shaham, Mezzo-soprano: Carmen Lance Ryan, Tenor: Don José Laurent Naouri, Baritone: Escamillo |
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| Staatsoper, Vienna, 1010 Vienna, Austria Monday 16-Sep-13 07:00pm Dan Ettinger, Conductor Franco Zeffirelli, Director Anita Hartig, Soprano: Micaela Rinat Shaham, Mezzo-soprano: Carmen Lance Ryan, Tenor: Don José Laurent Naouri, Baritone: Escamillo | ||
| Saturday 28-Sep-13 06:00pm |
Semperoper, Dresden Carmen |
Dresden State Opera |
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| Semperoper, Dresden, Theaterplatz 2, 01067 Dresden, Germany Saturday 28-Sep-13 06:00pm | ||
| Sunday 8-Dec-13 06:00pm |
Deutsche Oper, Berlin Carmen |
Deutsche Oper Berlin Giuseppe Finzi, Conductor Soren Schuhmacher, Director Pier Luigi Samaritani, Set Designer Martina Welschenbach, Mezzo-soprano: Micaela Clémentine Margaine, Mezzo-soprano: Carmen Carlo Ventre, Tenor: Don José Bastiaan Everink, Baritone: Escamillo Hulkar Sabirova, Soprano: Frasquita Christina Sidak, Mezzo-soprano: Mercédès Gideon Poppe, Tenor: Le Remendado John Chest, Baritone: Le Dancaïre Stephen Barchi, Baritone: Moralès Ben Wager, Bass: Zuniga |
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| Deutsche Oper, Berlin, Bismarckstraße 35, Berlin, Germany Sunday 8-Dec-13 06:00pm In French with German surtitles.
Sensuous, offensive and devoid of all civic sense of morality: CARMEN, Georges Bizet’s story of a fatal love triangle, scandalised the audience at its premiere at the Paris Opéra Comique in 1875 and spent years playing to small, fringe audiences as a result - unimaginable today, the work being the household name among operas. The tale of Carmen and Don José, at once banal and existential, ends with an inevitably tragic murder. Carmen’s absolute need for freedom and her insistence on relationships based on complete independence and equality make her irresistible to Don José, who nonetheless proves unable to tolerate her urge to defend her liberty. A victim of his own desire, he is finally driven to destroy his lover and himself with her. To convey this tragic material Bizet succeeded in using the medium of an opéra comique that presents us with all the emotions and traits of the human condition – levity, drabness, silliness and stoniness, seduction and playfulness, cruelty and destiny. Of all the familiar features of the work, perhaps the best known is the original Cuban »habanera« used by the tobacco worker Carmen to attract the attention of Don José. The music of the opera, filled with catchy melodies, is dominated by dance routines and Spanish rhythms. The savage, romantic country beyond the Pyrenees enthralled Georges Bizet among many others, and »Carmen« is today considered the central work expressing French yearnings for their unknown, idealised neighbour to the south. In 19th-century Paris this operatic depiction of fated lovers, with its erotic overtones and its tension between absolute devotion and undiluted liberty, could only be performed where bourgeois boundaries, both spatial and ideological, had been rejected. Image credit: Bettina-Stöß Giuseppe Finzi, Conductor Soren Schuhmacher, Director Pier Luigi Samaritani, Set Designer Martina Welschenbach, Mezzo-soprano: Micaela Clémentine Margaine, Mezzo-soprano: Carmen Carlo Ventre, Tenor: Don José Bastiaan Everink, Baritone: Escamillo Hulkar Sabirova, Soprano: Frasquita Christina Sidak, Mezzo-soprano: Mercédès Gideon Poppe, Tenor: Le Remendado John Chest, Baritone: Le Dancaïre Stephen Barchi, Baritone: Moralès Ben Wager, Bass: Zuniga | ||
| Saturday 14-Dec-13 07:30pm |
Deutsche Oper, Berlin Carmen |
Deutsche Oper Berlin Giuseppe Finzi, Conductor Soren Schuhmacher, Director Pier Luigi Samaritani, Set Designer Martina Welschenbach, Mezzo-soprano: Micaela Clémentine Margaine, Mezzo-soprano: Carmen Carlo Ventre, Tenor: Don José Bastiaan Everink, Baritone: Escamillo Hulkar Sabirova, Soprano: Frasquita Christina Sidak, Mezzo-soprano: Mercédès Gideon Poppe, Tenor: Le Remendado John Chest, Baritone: Le Dancaïre Stephen Barchi, Baritone: Moralès Ben Wager, Bass: Zuniga |
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| Deutsche Oper, Berlin, Bismarckstraße 35, Berlin, Germany Saturday 14-Dec-13 07:30pm In French with German surtitles.
Sensuous, offensive and devoid of all civic sense of morality: CARMEN, Georges Bizet’s story of a fatal love triangle, scandalised the audience at its premiere at the Paris Opéra Comique in 1875 and spent years playing to small, fringe audiences as a result - unimaginable today, the work being the household name among operas. The tale of Carmen and Don José, at once banal and existential, ends with an inevitably tragic murder. Carmen’s absolute need for freedom and her insistence on relationships based on complete independence and equality make her irresistible to Don José, who nonetheless proves unable to tolerate her urge to defend her liberty. A victim of his own desire, he is finally driven to destroy his lover and himself with her. To convey this tragic material Bizet succeeded in using the medium of an opéra comique that presents us with all the emotions and traits of the human condition – levity, drabness, silliness and stoniness, seduction and playfulness, cruelty and destiny. Of all the familiar features of the work, perhaps the best known is the original Cuban »habanera« used by the tobacco worker Carmen to attract the attention of Don José. The music of the opera, filled with catchy melodies, is dominated by dance routines and Spanish rhythms. The savage, romantic country beyond the Pyrenees enthralled Georges Bizet among many others, and »Carmen« is today considered the central work expressing French yearnings for their unknown, idealised neighbour to the south. In 19th-century Paris this operatic depiction of fated lovers, with its erotic overtones and its tension between absolute devotion and undiluted liberty, could only be performed where bourgeois boundaries, both spatial and ideological, had been rejected. Image credit: Bettina-Stöß Giuseppe Finzi, Conductor Soren Schuhmacher, Director Pier Luigi Samaritani, Set Designer Martina Welschenbach, Mezzo-soprano: Micaela Clémentine Margaine, Mezzo-soprano: Carmen Carlo Ventre, Tenor: Don José Bastiaan Everink, Baritone: Escamillo Hulkar Sabirova, Soprano: Frasquita Christina Sidak, Mezzo-soprano: Mercédès Gideon Poppe, Tenor: Le Remendado John Chest, Baritone: Le Dancaïre Stephen Barchi, Baritone: Moralès Ben Wager, Bass: Zuniga | ||
| Monday 16-Dec-13 07:00pm |
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London Carmen |
Royal Opera Daniel Oren, Conductor Francesca Zambello, Director Elīna Garanča, Mezzo-soprano: Carmen Roberto Alagna, Tenor: Don José Vito Priante, Baritone: Escamillo Veronica Cangemi, Soprano: Micaela |
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| Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, Bow Street,, Covent Garden, London WC2E 9DD, United Kingdom Monday 16-Dec-13 07:00pm Daniel Oren, Conductor Francesca Zambello, Director Elīna Garanča, Mezzo-soprano: Carmen Roberto Alagna, Tenor: Don José Vito Priante, Baritone: Escamillo Veronica Cangemi, Soprano: Micaela | ||
| Thursday 19-Dec-13 07:00pm |
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London Carmen |
Royal Opera Daniel Oren, Conductor Francesca Zambello, Director Elīna Garanča, Mezzo-soprano: Carmen Roberto Alagna, Tenor: Don José Vito Priante, Baritone: Escamillo Veronica Cangemi, Soprano: Micaela |
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| Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, Bow Street,, Covent Garden, London WC2E 9DD, United Kingdom Thursday 19-Dec-13 07:00pm Daniel Oren, Conductor Francesca Zambello, Director Elīna Garanča, Mezzo-soprano: Carmen Roberto Alagna, Tenor: Don José Vito Priante, Baritone: Escamillo Veronica Cangemi, Soprano: Micaela | ||
| Saturday 21-Dec-13 07:00pm |
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London Carmen |
Royal Opera Daniel Oren, Conductor Francesca Zambello, Director Christine Rice, Mezzo-soprano: Carmen Yonghoon Lee, Tenor: Don José Kostas Smoriginas, Baritone: Escamillo Sarah Fox, Soprano: Micaela |
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| Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, Bow Street,, Covent Garden, London WC2E 9DD, United Kingdom Saturday 21-Dec-13 07:00pm Daniel Oren, Conductor Francesca Zambello, Director Christine Rice, Mezzo-soprano: Carmen Yonghoon Lee, Tenor: Don José Kostas Smoriginas, Baritone: Escamillo Sarah Fox, Soprano: Micaela | ||
| Sunday 22-Dec-13 03:00pm |
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London Carmen |
Royal Opera Daniel Oren, Conductor Francesca Zambello, Director Elīna Garanča, Mezzo-soprano: Carmen Roberto Alagna, Tenor: Don José Vito Priante, Baritone: Escamillo Veronica Cangemi, Soprano: Micaela |
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| Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, Bow Street,, Covent Garden, London WC2E 9DD, United Kingdom Sunday 22-Dec-13 03:00pm Daniel Oren, Conductor Francesca Zambello, Director Elīna Garanča, Mezzo-soprano: Carmen Roberto Alagna, Tenor: Don José Vito Priante, Baritone: Escamillo Veronica Cangemi, Soprano: Micaela | ||
| Monday 23-Dec-13 07:00pm |
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London Carmen |
Royal Opera Daniel Oren, Conductor Francesca Zambello, Director Christine Rice, Mezzo-soprano: Carmen Yonghoon Lee, Tenor: Don José Kostas Smoriginas, Baritone: Escamillo Sarah Fox, Soprano: Micaela |
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| Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, Bow Street,, Covent Garden, London WC2E 9DD, United Kingdom Monday 23-Dec-13 07:00pm Daniel Oren, Conductor Francesca Zambello, Director Christine Rice, Mezzo-soprano: Carmen Yonghoon Lee, Tenor: Don José Kostas Smoriginas, Baritone: Escamillo Sarah Fox, Soprano: Micaela | ||
| Friday 3-Jan-14 07:00pm |
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London Carmen |
Royal Opera Daniel Oren, Conductor Francesca Zambello, Director Elīna Garanča, Mezzo-soprano: Carmen Roberto Alagna, Tenor: Don José Vito Priante, Baritone: Escamillo Veronica Cangemi, Soprano: Micaela |
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| Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, Bow Street,, Covent Garden, London WC2E 9DD, United Kingdom Friday 3-Jan-14 07:00pm Daniel Oren, Conductor Francesca Zambello, Director Elīna Garanča, Mezzo-soprano: Carmen Roberto Alagna, Tenor: Don José Vito Priante, Baritone: Escamillo Veronica Cangemi, Soprano: Micaela | ||
| Friday 3-Jan-14 07:30pm |
Deutsche Oper, Berlin Carmen |
Deutsche Oper Berlin Giuseppe Finzi, Conductor Soren Schuhmacher, Director Pier Luigi Samaritani, Set Designer Martina Welschenbach, Mezzo-soprano: Micaela Clémentine Margaine, Mezzo-soprano: Carmen Carlo Ventre, Tenor: Don José Bastiaan Everink, Baritone: Escamillo Hulkar Sabirova, Soprano: Frasquita Christina Sidak, Mezzo-soprano: Mercédès Gideon Poppe, Tenor: Le Remendado John Chest, Baritone: Le Dancaïre Stephen Barchi, Baritone: Moralès Ben Wager, Bass: Zuniga |
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| Deutsche Oper, Berlin, Bismarckstraße 35, Berlin, Germany Friday 3-Jan-14 07:30pm In French with German surtitles.
Sensuous, offensive and devoid of all civic sense of morality: CARMEN, Georges Bizet’s story of a fatal love triangle, scandalised the audience at its premiere at the Paris Opéra Comique in 1875 and spent years playing to small, fringe audiences as a result - unimaginable today, the work being the household name among operas. The tale of Carmen and Don José, at once banal and existential, ends with an inevitably tragic murder. Carmen’s absolute need for freedom and her insistence on relationships based on complete independence and equality make her irresistible to Don José, who nonetheless proves unable to tolerate her urge to defend her liberty. A victim of his own desire, he is finally driven to destroy his lover and himself with her. To convey this tragic material Bizet succeeded in using the medium of an opéra comique that presents us with all the emotions and traits of the human condition – levity, drabness, silliness and stoniness, seduction and playfulness, cruelty and destiny. Of all the familiar features of the work, perhaps the best known is the original Cuban »habanera« used by the tobacco worker Carmen to attract the attention of Don José. The music of the opera, filled with catchy melodies, is dominated by dance routines and Spanish rhythms. The savage, romantic country beyond the Pyrenees enthralled Georges Bizet among many others, and »Carmen« is today considered the central work expressing French yearnings for their unknown, idealised neighbour to the south. In 19th-century Paris this operatic depiction of fated lovers, with its erotic overtones and its tension between absolute devotion and undiluted liberty, could only be performed where bourgeois boundaries, both spatial and ideological, had been rejected. Image credit: Bettina-Stöß Giuseppe Finzi, Conductor Soren Schuhmacher, Director Pier Luigi Samaritani, Set Designer Martina Welschenbach, Mezzo-soprano: Micaela Clémentine Margaine, Mezzo-soprano: Carmen Carlo Ventre, Tenor: Don José Bastiaan Everink, Baritone: Escamillo Hulkar Sabirova, Soprano: Frasquita Christina Sidak, Mezzo-soprano: Mercédès Gideon Poppe, Tenor: Le Remendado John Chest, Baritone: Le Dancaïre Stephen Barchi, Baritone: Moralès Ben Wager, Bass: Zuniga | ||
| Saturday 4-Jan-14 07:00pm |
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London Carmen |
Royal Opera Daniel Oren, Conductor Francesca Zambello, Director Christine Rice, Mezzo-soprano: Carmen Yonghoon Lee, Tenor: Don José Kostas Smoriginas, Baritone: Escamillo Sarah Fox, Soprano: Micaela |
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| Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, Bow Street,, Covent Garden, London WC2E 9DD, United Kingdom Saturday 4-Jan-14 07:00pm Daniel Oren, Conductor Francesca Zambello, Director Christine Rice, Mezzo-soprano: Carmen Yonghoon Lee, Tenor: Don José Kostas Smoriginas, Baritone: Escamillo Sarah Fox, Soprano: Micaela | ||
| Monday 6-Jan-14 07:00pm |
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London Carmen |
Royal Opera Daniel Oren, Conductor Francesca Zambello, Director Elīna Garanča, Mezzo-soprano: Carmen Roberto Alagna, Tenor: Don José Vito Priante, Baritone: Escamillo Veronica Cangemi, Soprano: Micaela |
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| Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, Bow Street,, Covent Garden, London WC2E 9DD, United Kingdom Monday 6-Jan-14 07:00pm Daniel Oren, Conductor Francesca Zambello, Director Elīna Garanča, Mezzo-soprano: Carmen Roberto Alagna, Tenor: Don José Vito Priante, Baritone: Escamillo Veronica Cangemi, Soprano: Micaela | ||
| Thursday 9-Jan-14 07:00pm |
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London Carmen |
Royal Opera Daniel Oren, Conductor Francesca Zambello, Director Elīna Garanča, Mezzo-soprano: Carmen Roberto Alagna, Tenor: Don José Vito Priante, Baritone: Escamillo Veronica Cangemi, Soprano: Micaela |
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| Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, Bow Street,, Covent Garden, London WC2E 9DD, United Kingdom Thursday 9-Jan-14 07:00pm Daniel Oren, Conductor Francesca Zambello, Director Elīna Garanča, Mezzo-soprano: Carmen Roberto Alagna, Tenor: Don José Vito Priante, Baritone: Escamillo Veronica Cangemi, Soprano: Micaela | ||
| Tuesday 14-Jan-14 07:00pm |
Opernhaus, Zürich Les Pêcheurs de Perles |
Zurich Opera Patrick Fournillier, Conductor Jens-Daniel Herzog, Director Philharmonia Zürich Marina Rebeka, Soprano: Leila Pavol Breslik, Tenor: Nadir Michael Volle, Baritone: Zurga Scott Conner, Bass: Nourabad |
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| Opernhaus, Zürich, Opernhaus Falkenstrasse 1, Zürich 8008, Switzerland Tuesday 14-Jan-14 07:00pm Production of Rossini Opera Festivals, Pesaro.In French with German and English surtitles. Tickets 230 - 35 CHF.Patrick Fournillier, Conductor Jens-Daniel Herzog, Director Philharmonia Zürich Marina Rebeka, Soprano: Leila Pavol Breslik, Tenor: Nadir Michael Volle, Baritone: Zurga Scott Conner, Bass: Nourabad | ||
| Sunday 19-Jan-14 02:00pm |
Opernhaus, Zürich Les Pêcheurs de Perles |
Zurich Opera Patrick Fournillier, Conductor Jens-Daniel Herzog, Director Philharmonia Zürich Marina Rebeka, Soprano: Leila Pavol Breslik, Tenor: Nadir Michael Volle, Baritone: Zurga Scott Conner, Bass: Nourabad |
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| Opernhaus, Zürich, Opernhaus Falkenstrasse 1, Zürich 8008, Switzerland Sunday 19-Jan-14 02:00pm Production of Rossini Opera Festivals, Pesaro.In French with German and English surtitles. Tickets 230 - 35 CHF.Patrick Fournillier, Conductor Jens-Daniel Herzog, Director Philharmonia Zürich Marina Rebeka, Soprano: Leila Pavol Breslik, Tenor: Nadir Michael Volle, Baritone: Zurga Scott Conner, Bass: Nourabad | ||
| Wednesday 22-Jan-14 07:00pm |
Opernhaus, Zürich Les Pêcheurs de Perles |
Zurich Opera Patrick Fournillier, Conductor Jens-Daniel Herzog, Director Philharmonia Zürich Marina Rebeka, Soprano: Leila Pavol Breslik, Tenor: Nadir Michael Volle, Baritone: Zurga Scott Conner, Bass: Nourabad |
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| Opernhaus, Zürich, Opernhaus Falkenstrasse 1, Zürich 8008, Switzerland Wednesday 22-Jan-14 07:00pm Production of Rossini Opera Festivals, Pesaro.In French with German and English surtitles.Patrick Fournillier, Conductor Jens-Daniel Herzog, Director Philharmonia Zürich Marina Rebeka, Soprano: Leila Pavol Breslik, Tenor: Nadir Michael Volle, Baritone: Zurga Scott Conner, Bass: Nourabad | ||
| Saturday 25-Jan-14 07:00pm |
Opernhaus, Zürich Les Pêcheurs de Perles |
Zurich Opera Patrick Fournillier, Conductor Jens-Daniel Herzog, Director Philharmonia Zürich Marina Rebeka, Soprano: Leila Pavol Breslik, Tenor: Nadir Michael Volle, Baritone: Zurga Scott Conner, Bass: Nourabad |
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| Opernhaus, Zürich, Opernhaus Falkenstrasse 1, Zürich 8008, Switzerland Saturday 25-Jan-14 07:00pm Production of Rossini Opera Festivals, Pesaro.In French with German and English surtitles. Tickets 230 - 35 CHF.Patrick Fournillier, Conductor Jens-Daniel Herzog, Director Philharmonia Zürich Marina Rebeka, Soprano: Leila Pavol Breslik, Tenor: Nadir Michael Volle, Baritone: Zurga Scott Conner, Bass: Nourabad | ||
| Thursday 30-Jan-14 07:00pm |
Opernhaus, Zürich Les Pêcheurs de Perles |
Zurich Opera Patrick Fournillier, Conductor Jens-Daniel Herzog, Director Philharmonia Zürich Marina Rebeka, Soprano: Leila Pavol Breslik, Tenor: Nadir Michael Volle, Baritone: Zurga Scott Conner, Bass: Nourabad |
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| Opernhaus, Zürich, Opernhaus Falkenstrasse 1, Zürich 8008, Switzerland Thursday 30-Jan-14 07:00pm Production of Rossini Opera Festivals, Pesaro.In French with German and English surtitles. Tickets 230 - 35 CHF.Patrick Fournillier, Conductor Jens-Daniel Herzog, Director Philharmonia Zürich Marina Rebeka, Soprano: Leila Pavol Breslik, Tenor: Nadir Michael Volle, Baritone: Zurga Scott Conner, Bass: Nourabad | ||
| Saturday 1-Feb-14 07:00pm |
Opernhaus, Zürich Les Pêcheurs de Perles |
Zurich Opera Patrick Fournillier, Conductor Jens-Daniel Herzog, Director Philharmonia Zürich Marina Rebeka, Soprano: Leila Pavol Breslik, Tenor: Nadir Michael Volle, Baritone: Zurga Scott Conner, Bass: Nourabad |
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| Opernhaus, Zürich, Opernhaus Falkenstrasse 1, Zürich 8008, Switzerland Saturday 1-Feb-14 07:00pm Production of Rossini Opera Festivals, Pesaro.In French with German and English surtitles. Tickets 230 - 35 CHF.Patrick Fournillier, Conductor Jens-Daniel Herzog, Director Philharmonia Zürich Marina Rebeka, Soprano: Leila Pavol Breslik, Tenor: Nadir Michael Volle, Baritone: Zurga Scott Conner, Bass: Nourabad | ||
| Thursday 27-Mar-14 07:00pm |
National Theatre, Munich Carmen |
Bavarian State Opera Carlo Montanaro, Conductor Lina Wertmüller, Director Enrico Job, Set Designer Olga Mykytenko, Soprano: Micaela Anita Rachvelishvili, Mezzo-soprano: Carmen Marcello Giordani, Tenor: Don José Dean Power, Tenor: Le Remendado Kyle Ketelsen, Baritone: Escamillo Alexander Kaimbacher, Tenor: Le Dancaïre Andrea Borghini, Baritone: Moralès Tareq Nazmi, Bass: Zuniga |
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| National Theatre, Munich, Munich, Germany Thursday 27-Mar-14 07:00pm "Toréador, en garde!" Captivating rhythms, ravishing melodies. Two machos and a powerful woman: Carmen – plus all the torrid heat of Spain. Just the right blend for passion and death. "A work of shocking immorality!" wrote one disgruntled critic after the world première. He was right – and there's nothing wrong with that. Bizet's masterwork continues to captivate.
In French with German surtitles Carlo Montanaro, Conductor Lina Wertmüller, Director Enrico Job, Set Designer Olga Mykytenko, Soprano: Micaela Anita Rachvelishvili, Mezzo-soprano: Carmen Marcello Giordani, Tenor: Don José Dean Power, Tenor: Le Remendado Kyle Ketelsen, Baritone: Escamillo Alexander Kaimbacher, Tenor: Le Dancaïre Andrea Borghini, Baritone: Moralès Tareq Nazmi, Bass: Zuniga | ||
| Saturday 29-Mar-14 06:00pm |
Olavshallen, Trondheim Carmen |
Trondheim Symphony Orchestra Krzysztof Urbanski, Conductor TSO Vokalensemble Angelica Voje, Mezzo-soprano: Carmen Isa Katharina Gericke, Soprano: Micaela Levente Molnár, Baritone: Escamillo Lina Johnson, Soprano: Frasquita Maija Skille, Mezzo-soprano: Mercédès Michael Lindberg, Baritone: Le Dancaïre Helge Rønning, Tenor: Le Remendado Sverre Johan Aal, Bass: Zuniga |
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| Olavshallen, Trondheim, Kjøpmannsgt. 44, Trondheim 7011, Norway Saturday 29-Mar-14 06:00pm Image credit: Lena Knutli Trondheim Symphony Orchestra Krzysztof Urbanski, Conductor TSO Vokalensemble Angelica Voje, Mezzo-soprano: Carmen Isa Katharina Gericke, Soprano: Micaela Levente Molnár, Baritone: Escamillo Lina Johnson, Soprano: Frasquita Maija Skille, Mezzo-soprano: Mercédès Michael Lindberg, Baritone: Le Dancaïre Helge Rønning, Tenor: Le Remendado Sverre Johan Aal, Bass: Zuniga | ||
| Sunday 30-Mar-14 06:00pm |
National Theatre, Munich Carmen |
Bavarian State Opera Carlo Montanaro, Conductor Lina Wertmüller, Director Enrico Job, Set Designer Olga Mykytenko, Soprano: Micaela Anita Rachvelishvili, Mezzo-soprano: Carmen Marcello Giordani, Tenor: Don José Dean Power, Tenor: Le Remendado Kyle Ketelsen, Baritone: Escamillo Alexander Kaimbacher, Tenor: Le Dancaïre Andrea Borghini, Baritone: Moralès Tareq Nazmi, Bass: Zuniga |
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| National Theatre, Munich, Munich, Germany Sunday 30-Mar-14 06:00pm "Toréador, en garde!" Captivating rhythms, ravishing melodies. Two machos and a powerful woman: Carmen – plus all the torrid heat of Spain. Just the right blend for passion and death. "A work of shocking immorality!" wrote one disgruntled critic after the world première. He was right – and there's nothing wrong with that. Bizet's masterwork continues to captivate.
In French with German surtitles Carlo Montanaro, Conductor Lina Wertmüller, Director Enrico Job, Set Designer Olga Mykytenko, Soprano: Micaela Anita Rachvelishvili, Mezzo-soprano: Carmen Marcello Giordani, Tenor: Don José Dean Power, Tenor: Le Remendado Kyle Ketelsen, Baritone: Escamillo Alexander Kaimbacher, Tenor: Le Dancaïre Andrea Borghini, Baritone: Moralès Tareq Nazmi, Bass: Zuniga | ||
| Monday 31-Mar-14 07:00pm |
Olavshallen, Trondheim Carmen |
Trondheim Symphony Orchestra Krzysztof Urbanski, Conductor TSO Vokalensemble Angelica Voje, Mezzo-soprano: Carmen Isa Katharina Gericke, Soprano: Micaela Levente Molnár, Baritone: Escamillo Lina Johnson, Soprano: Frasquita Maija Skille, Mezzo-soprano: Mercédès Michael Lindberg, Baritone: Le Dancaïre Helge Rønning, Tenor: Le Remendado Sverre Johan Aal, Bass: Zuniga |
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| Olavshallen, Trondheim, Kjøpmannsgt. 44, Trondheim 7011, Norway Monday 31-Mar-14 07:00pm Image credit: Lena Knutli Trondheim Symphony Orchestra Krzysztof Urbanski, Conductor TSO Vokalensemble Angelica Voje, Mezzo-soprano: Carmen Isa Katharina Gericke, Soprano: Micaela Levente Molnár, Baritone: Escamillo Lina Johnson, Soprano: Frasquita Maija Skille, Mezzo-soprano: Mercédès Michael Lindberg, Baritone: Le Dancaïre Helge Rønning, Tenor: Le Remendado Sverre Johan Aal, Bass: Zuniga | ||
| Wednesday 2-Apr-14 07:00pm |
Olavshallen, Trondheim Carmen |
Trondheim Symphony Orchestra Krzysztof Urbanski, Conductor TSO Vokalensemble Angelica Voje, Mezzo-soprano: Carmen Isa Katharina Gericke, Soprano: Micaela Levente Molnár, Baritone: Escamillo Lina Johnson, Soprano: Frasquita Maija Skille, Mezzo-soprano: Mercédès Michael Lindberg, Baritone: Le Dancaïre Helge Rønning, Tenor: Le Remendado Sverre Johan Aal, Bass: Zuniga |
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| Olavshallen, Trondheim, Kjøpmannsgt. 44, Trondheim 7011, Norway Wednesday 2-Apr-14 07:00pm Image credit: Lena Knutli Trondheim Symphony Orchestra Krzysztof Urbanski, Conductor TSO Vokalensemble Angelica Voje, Mezzo-soprano: Carmen Isa Katharina Gericke, Soprano: Micaela Levente Molnár, Baritone: Escamillo Lina Johnson, Soprano: Frasquita Maija Skille, Mezzo-soprano: Mercédès Michael Lindberg, Baritone: Le Dancaïre Helge Rønning, Tenor: Le Remendado Sverre Johan Aal, Bass: Zuniga | ||
| Thursday 3-Apr-14 07:30pm |
National Theatre, Munich Carmen |
Bavarian State Opera Carlo Montanaro, Conductor Lina Wertmüller, Director Enrico Job, Set Designer Olga Mykytenko, Soprano: Micaela Anita Rachvelishvili, Mezzo-soprano: Carmen Marcello Giordani, Tenor: Don José Dean Power, Tenor: Le Remendado Kyle Ketelsen, Baritone: Escamillo Alexander Kaimbacher, Tenor: Le Dancaïre Andrea Borghini, Baritone: Moralès Tareq Nazmi, Bass: Zuniga |
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| National Theatre, Munich, Munich, Germany Thursday 3-Apr-14 07:30pm "Toréador, en garde!" Captivating rhythms, ravishing melodies. Two machos and a powerful woman: Carmen – plus all the torrid heat of Spain. Just the right blend for passion and death. "A work of shocking immorality!" wrote one disgruntled critic after the world première. He was right – and there's nothing wrong with that. Bizet's masterwork continues to captivate.
In French with German surtitles Carlo Montanaro, Conductor Lina Wertmüller, Director Enrico Job, Set Designer Olga Mykytenko, Soprano: Micaela Anita Rachvelishvili, Mezzo-soprano: Carmen Marcello Giordani, Tenor: Don José Dean Power, Tenor: Le Remendado Kyle Ketelsen, Baritone: Escamillo Alexander Kaimbacher, Tenor: Le Dancaïre Andrea Borghini, Baritone: Moralès Tareq Nazmi, Bass: Zuniga | ||
| Monday 7-Apr-14 07:00pm |
Olavshallen, Trondheim Carmen |
Trondheim Symphony Orchestra Krzysztof Urbanski, Conductor TSO Vokalensemble Angelica Voje, Mezzo-soprano: Carmen Isa Katharina Gericke, Soprano: Micaela Levente Molnár, Baritone: Escamillo Lina Johnson, Soprano: Frasquita Maija Skille, Mezzo-soprano: Mercédès Michael Lindberg, Baritone: Le Dancaïre Helge Rønning, Tenor: Le Remendado Sverre Johan Aal, Bass: Zuniga |
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| Olavshallen, Trondheim, Kjøpmannsgt. 44, Trondheim 7011, Norway Monday 7-Apr-14 07:00pm Image credit: Lena Knutli Trondheim Symphony Orchestra Krzysztof Urbanski, Conductor TSO Vokalensemble Angelica Voje, Mezzo-soprano: Carmen Isa Katharina Gericke, Soprano: Micaela Levente Molnár, Baritone: Escamillo Lina Johnson, Soprano: Frasquita Maija Skille, Mezzo-soprano: Mercédès Michael Lindberg, Baritone: Le Dancaïre Helge Rønning, Tenor: Le Remendado Sverre Johan Aal, Bass: Zuniga | ||
| Thursday 10-Apr-14 07:00pm |
Olavshallen, Trondheim Carmen |
Trondheim Symphony Orchestra Krzysztof Urbanski, Conductor TSO Vokalensemble Angelica Voje, Mezzo-soprano: Carmen Isa Katharina Gericke, Soprano: Micaela Levente Molnár, Baritone: Escamillo Lina Johnson, Soprano: Frasquita Maija Skille, Mezzo-soprano: Mercédès Michael Lindberg, Baritone: Le Dancaïre Helge Rønning, Tenor: Le Remendado Sverre Johan Aal, Bass: Zuniga |
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| Olavshallen, Trondheim, Kjøpmannsgt. 44, Trondheim 7011, Norway Thursday 10-Apr-14 07:00pm Image credit: Lena Knutli Trondheim Symphony Orchestra Krzysztof Urbanski, Conductor TSO Vokalensemble Angelica Voje, Mezzo-soprano: Carmen Isa Katharina Gericke, Soprano: Micaela Levente Molnár, Baritone: Escamillo Lina Johnson, Soprano: Frasquita Maija Skille, Mezzo-soprano: Mercédès Michael Lindberg, Baritone: Le Dancaïre Helge Rønning, Tenor: Le Remendado Sverre Johan Aal, Bass: Zuniga | ||
| Thursday 10-Apr-14 07:30pm |
Deutsche Oper, Berlin Carmen |
Deutsche Oper Berlin Giuseppe Finzi, Conductor Soren Schuhmacher, Director Pier Luigi Samaritani, Set Designer Elena Tsallagova, Soprano: Micaela Béatrice Uria-Monzon, Mezzo-soprano: Carmen Roberto Alagna, Tenor: Don José Bastiaan Everink, Baritone: Escamillo Siobhan Stagg, Soprano: Frasquita Katarina Bradić, Mezzo-soprano: Mercédès Paul Kaufmann, Tenor: Le Remendado Jörg Schörner, Tenor: Le Dancaïre John Chest, Baritone: Moralès Ben Wager, Bass: Zuniga |
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| Deutsche Oper, Berlin, Bismarckstraße 35, Berlin, Germany Thursday 10-Apr-14 07:30pm In French with German surtitles.
Sensuous, offensive and devoid of all civic sense of morality: CARMEN, Georges Bizet’s story of a fatal love triangle, scandalised the audience at its premiere at the Paris Opéra Comique in 1875 and spent years playing to small, fringe audiences as a result - unimaginable today, the work being the household name among operas. The tale of Carmen and Don José, at once banal and existential, ends with an inevitably tragic murder. Carmen’s absolute need for freedom and her insistence on relationships based on complete independence and equality make her irresistible to Don José, who nonetheless proves unable to tolerate her urge to defend her liberty. A victim of his own desire, he is finally driven to destroy his lover and himself with her. To convey this tragic material Bizet succeeded in using the medium of an opéra comique that presents us with all the emotions and traits of the human condition – levity, drabness, silliness and stoniness, seduction and playfulness, cruelty and destiny. Of all the familiar features of the work, perhaps the best known is the original Cuban »habanera« used by the tobacco worker Carmen to attract the attention of Don José. The music of the opera, filled with catchy melodies, is dominated by dance routines and Spanish rhythms. The savage, romantic country beyond the Pyrenees enthralled Georges Bizet among many others, and »Carmen« is today considered the central work expressing French yearnings for their unknown, idealised neighbour to the south. In 19th-century Paris this operatic depiction of fated lovers, with its erotic overtones and its tension between absolute devotion and undiluted liberty, could only be performed where bourgeois boundaries, both spatial and ideological, had been rejected. Image credit: Bettina-Stöß Giuseppe Finzi, Conductor Soren Schuhmacher, Director Pier Luigi Samaritani, Set Designer Elena Tsallagova, Soprano: Micaela Béatrice Uria-Monzon, Mezzo-soprano: Carmen Roberto Alagna, Tenor: Don José Bastiaan Everink, Baritone: Escamillo Siobhan Stagg, Soprano: Frasquita Katarina Bradić, Mezzo-soprano: Mercédès Paul Kaufmann, Tenor: Le Remendado Jörg Schörner, Tenor: Le Dancaïre John Chest, Baritone: Moralès Ben Wager, Bass: Zuniga | ||
| Sunday 13-Apr-14 06:00pm |
Deutsche Oper, Berlin Carmen |
Deutsche Oper Berlin Giuseppe Finzi, Conductor Soren Schuhmacher, Director Pier Luigi Samaritani, Set Designer Elena Tsallagova, Soprano: Micaela Béatrice Uria-Monzon, Mezzo-soprano: Carmen Roberto Alagna, Tenor: Don José Bastiaan Everink, Baritone: Escamillo Siobhan Stagg, Soprano: Frasquita Katarina Bradić, Mezzo-soprano: Mercédès Paul Kaufmann, Tenor: Le Remendado Jörg Schörner, Tenor: Le Dancaïre John Chest, Baritone: Moralès Ben Wager, Bass: Zuniga |
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| Deutsche Oper, Berlin, Bismarckstraße 35, Berlin, Germany Sunday 13-Apr-14 06:00pm In French with German surtitles.
Sensuous, offensive and devoid of all civic sense of morality: CARMEN, Georges Bizet’s story of a fatal love triangle, scandalised the audience at its premiere at the Paris Opéra Comique in 1875 and spent years playing to small, fringe audiences as a result - unimaginable today, the work being the household name among operas. The tale of Carmen and Don José, at once banal and existential, ends with an inevitably tragic murder. Carmen’s absolute need for freedom and her insistence on relationships based on complete independence and equality make her irresistible to Don José, who nonetheless proves unable to tolerate her urge to defend her liberty. A victim of his own desire, he is finally driven to destroy his lover and himself with her. To convey this tragic material Bizet succeeded in using the medium of an opéra comique that presents us with all the emotions and traits of the human condition – levity, drabness, silliness and stoniness, seduction and playfulness, cruelty and destiny. Of all the familiar features of the work, perhaps the best known is the original Cuban »habanera« used by the tobacco worker Carmen to attract the attention of Don José. The music of the opera, filled with catchy melodies, is dominated by dance routines and Spanish rhythms. The savage, romantic country beyond the Pyrenees enthralled Georges Bizet among many others, and »Carmen« is today considered the central work expressing French yearnings for their unknown, idealised neighbour to the south. In 19th-century Paris this operatic depiction of fated lovers, with its erotic overtones and its tension between absolute devotion and undiluted liberty, could only be performed where bourgeois boundaries, both spatial and ideological, had been rejected. Image credit: Bettina-Stöß Giuseppe Finzi, Conductor Soren Schuhmacher, Director Pier Luigi Samaritani, Set Designer Elena Tsallagova, Soprano: Micaela Béatrice Uria-Monzon, Mezzo-soprano: Carmen Roberto Alagna, Tenor: Don José Bastiaan Everink, Baritone: Escamillo Siobhan Stagg, Soprano: Frasquita Katarina Bradić, Mezzo-soprano: Mercédès Paul Kaufmann, Tenor: Le Remendado Jörg Schörner, Tenor: Le Dancaïre John Chest, Baritone: Moralès Ben Wager, Bass: Zuniga | ||
| Thursday 1-May-14 06:00pm |
Deutsche Oper, Berlin Carmen |
Deutsche Oper Berlin Giuseppe Finzi, Conductor Soren Schuhmacher, Director Pier Luigi Samaritani, Set Designer Elena Tsallagova, Soprano: Micaela Kate Aldrich, Mezzo-soprano: Carmen Gaston Rivero, Tenor: Don José Bastiaan Everink, Baritone: Escamillo Hulkar Sabirova, Soprano: Frasquita Katarina Bradić, Mezzo-soprano: Mercédès Paul Kaufmann, Tenor: Le Remendado Jörg Schörner, Tenor: Le Dancaïre Stephen Barchi, Baritone: Moralès Ben Wager, Bass: Zuniga |
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| Deutsche Oper, Berlin, Bismarckstraße 35, Berlin, Germany Thursday 1-May-14 06:00pm In French with German surtitles.
Sensuous, offensive and devoid of all civic sense of morality: CARMEN, Georges Bizet’s story of a fatal love triangle, scandalised the audience at its premiere at the Paris Opéra Comique in 1875 and spent years playing to small, fringe audiences as a result - unimaginable today, the work being the household name among operas. The tale of Carmen and Don José, at once banal and existential, ends with an inevitably tragic murder. Carmen’s absolute need for freedom and her insistence on relationships based on complete independence and equality make her irresistible to Don José, who nonetheless proves unable to tolerate her urge to defend her liberty. A victim of his own desire, he is finally driven to destroy his lover and himself with her. To convey this tragic material Bizet succeeded in using the medium of an opéra comique that presents us with all the emotions and traits of the human condition – levity, drabness, silliness and stoniness, seduction and playfulness, cruelty and destiny. Of all the familiar features of the work, perhaps the best known is the original Cuban »habanera« used by the tobacco worker Carmen to attract the attention of Don José. The music of the opera, filled with catchy melodies, is dominated by dance routines and Spanish rhythms. The savage, romantic country beyond the Pyrenees enthralled Georges Bizet among many others, and »Carmen« is today considered the central work expressing French yearnings for their unknown, idealised neighbour to the south. In 19th-century Paris this operatic depiction of fated lovers, with its erotic overtones and its tension between absolute devotion and undiluted liberty, could only be performed where bourgeois boundaries, both spatial and ideological, had been rejected. Image credit: Bettina-Stöß Giuseppe Finzi, Conductor Soren Schuhmacher, Director Pier Luigi Samaritani, Set Designer Elena Tsallagova, Soprano: Micaela Kate Aldrich, Mezzo-soprano: Carmen Gaston Rivero, Tenor: Don José Bastiaan Everink, Baritone: Escamillo Hulkar Sabirova, Soprano: Frasquita Katarina Bradić, Mezzo-soprano: Mercédès Paul Kaufmann, Tenor: Le Remendado Jörg Schörner, Tenor: Le Dancaïre Stephen Barchi, Baritone: Moralès Ben Wager, Bass: Zuniga | ||
| Sunday 4-May-14 06:00pm |
Deutsche Oper, Berlin Carmen |
Deutsche Oper Berlin Giuseppe Finzi, Conductor Soren Schuhmacher, Director Pier Luigi Samaritani, Set Designer Elena Tsallagova, Soprano: Micaela Kate Aldrich, Mezzo-soprano: Carmen Gaston Rivero, Tenor: Don José Bastiaan Everink, Baritone: Escamillo Hulkar Sabirova, Soprano: Frasquita Katarina Bradić, Mezzo-soprano: Mercédès Paul Kaufmann, Tenor: Le Remendado Jörg Schörner, Tenor: Le Dancaïre Stephen Barchi, Baritone: Moralès Ben Wager, Bass: Zuniga |
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| Deutsche Oper, Berlin, Bismarckstraße 35, Berlin, Germany Sunday 4-May-14 06:00pm In French with German surtitles.
Sensuous, offensive and devoid of all civic sense of morality: CARMEN, Georges Bizet’s story of a fatal love triangle, scandalised the audience at its premiere at the Paris Opéra Comique in 1875 and spent years playing to small, fringe audiences as a result - unimaginable today, the work being the household name among operas. The tale of Carmen and Don José, at once banal and existential, ends with an inevitably tragic murder. Carmen’s absolute need for freedom and her insistence on relationships based on complete independence and equality make her irresistible to Don José, who nonetheless proves unable to tolerate her urge to defend her liberty. A victim of his own desire, he is finally driven to destroy his lover and himself with her. To convey this tragic material Bizet succeeded in using the medium of an opéra comique that presents us with all the emotions and traits of the human condition – levity, drabness, silliness and stoniness, seduction and playfulness, cruelty and destiny. Of all the familiar features of the work, perhaps the best known is the original Cuban »habanera« used by the tobacco worker Carmen to attract the attention of Don José. The music of the opera, filled with catchy melodies, is dominated by dance routines and Spanish rhythms. The savage, romantic country beyond the Pyrenees enthralled Georges Bizet among many others, and »Carmen« is today considered the central work expressing French yearnings for their unknown, idealised neighbour to the south. In 19th-century Paris this operatic depiction of fated lovers, with its erotic overtones and its tension between absolute devotion and undiluted liberty, could only be performed where bourgeois boundaries, both spatial and ideological, had been rejected. Image credit: Bettina-Stöß Giuseppe Finzi, Conductor Soren Schuhmacher, Director Pier Luigi Samaritani, Set Designer Elena Tsallagova, Soprano: Micaela Kate Aldrich, Mezzo-soprano: Carmen Gaston Rivero, Tenor: Don José Bastiaan Everink, Baritone: Escamillo Hulkar Sabirova, Soprano: Frasquita Katarina Bradić, Mezzo-soprano: Mercédès Paul Kaufmann, Tenor: Le Remendado Jörg Schörner, Tenor: Le Dancaïre Stephen Barchi, Baritone: Moralès Ben Wager, Bass: Zuniga | ||
| Sunday 29-Jun-14 07:30pm |
Opernhaus, Zürich Carmen |
Zurich Opera Vasily Petrenko, Conductor Matthias Hartmann, Director Philharmonia Zürich Kate Aldrich, Mezzo-soprano: Carmen Rachel Harnisch, Soprano: Micaela Irène Friedli, Soprano: Mercédès Sen Guo, Soprano: Frasquita Brandon Jovanovich, Tenor: Don José Ruben Drole, Baritone: Escamillo Roberto Gomez Ortiz, Tenor: Le Remendado |
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| Opernhaus, Zürich, Opernhaus Falkenstrasse 1, Zürich 8008, Switzerland Sunday 29-Jun-14 07:30pm In French with German and English surtitles. Running time 3 hours 30 minutes.Vasily Petrenko, Conductor Matthias Hartmann, Director Philharmonia Zürich Kate Aldrich, Mezzo-soprano: Carmen Rachel Harnisch, Soprano: Micaela Irène Friedli, Soprano: Mercédès Sen Guo, Soprano: Frasquita Brandon Jovanovich, Tenor: Don José Ruben Drole, Baritone: Escamillo Roberto Gomez Ortiz, Tenor: Le Remendado | ||
| Thursday 3-Jul-14 07:00pm |
Opernhaus, Zürich Carmen |
Zurich Opera Vasily Petrenko, Conductor Matthias Hartmann, Director Philharmonia Zürich Kate Aldrich, Mezzo-soprano: Carmen Rachel Harnisch, Soprano: Micaela Irène Friedli, Soprano: Mercédès Sen Guo, Soprano: Frasquita Brandon Jovanovich, Tenor: Don José Ruben Drole, Baritone: Escamillo Roberto Gomez Ortiz, Tenor: Le Remendado |
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| Opernhaus, Zürich, Opernhaus Falkenstrasse 1, Zürich 8008, Switzerland Thursday 3-Jul-14 07:00pm In French with German and English surtitles. Running time 3 hours 30 minutes. Tickets 230 - 35 CHF.Vasily Petrenko, Conductor Matthias Hartmann, Director Philharmonia Zürich Kate Aldrich, Mezzo-soprano: Carmen Rachel Harnisch, Soprano: Micaela Irène Friedli, Soprano: Mercédès Sen Guo, Soprano: Frasquita Brandon Jovanovich, Tenor: Don José Ruben Drole, Baritone: Escamillo Roberto Gomez Ortiz, Tenor: Le Remendado | ||
| Sunday 6-Jul-14 07:30pm |
Opernhaus, Zürich Carmen |
Zurich Opera Vasily Petrenko, Conductor Matthias Hartmann, Director Philharmonia Zürich Kate Aldrich, Mezzo-soprano: Carmen Rachel Harnisch, Soprano: Micaela Irène Friedli, Soprano: Mercédès Sen Guo, Soprano: Frasquita Brandon Jovanovich, Tenor: Don José Ruben Drole, Baritone: Escamillo Roberto Gomez Ortiz, Tenor: Le Remendado |
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| Opernhaus, Zürich, Opernhaus Falkenstrasse 1, Zürich 8008, Switzerland Sunday 6-Jul-14 07:30pm In French with German and English surtitles. Running time 3 hours 30 minutes. Tickets 230 - 35 CHF.Vasily Petrenko, Conductor Matthias Hartmann, Director Philharmonia Zürich Kate Aldrich, Mezzo-soprano: Carmen Rachel Harnisch, Soprano: Micaela Irène Friedli, Soprano: Mercédès Sen Guo, Soprano: Frasquita Brandon Jovanovich, Tenor: Don José Ruben Drole, Baritone: Escamillo Roberto Gomez Ortiz, Tenor: Le Remendado | ||
| Thursday 10-Jul-14 07:00pm |
Opernhaus, Zürich Carmen |
Zurich Opera Vasily Petrenko, Conductor Matthias Hartmann, Director Philharmonia Zürich Kate Aldrich, Mezzo-soprano: Carmen Rachel Harnisch, Soprano: Micaela Irène Friedli, Soprano: Mercédès Sen Guo, Soprano: Frasquita Brandon Jovanovich, Tenor: Don José Ruben Drole, Baritone: Escamillo Roberto Gomez Ortiz, Tenor: Le Remendado |
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| Opernhaus, Zürich, Opernhaus Falkenstrasse 1, Zürich 8008, Switzerland Thursday 10-Jul-14 07:00pm In French with German and English surtitles. Running time 3 hours 30 minutes. Tickets 230 - 35 CHF.Vasily Petrenko, Conductor Matthias Hartmann, Director Philharmonia Zürich Kate Aldrich, Mezzo-soprano: Carmen Rachel Harnisch, Soprano: Micaela Irène Friedli, Soprano: Mercédès Sen Guo, Soprano: Frasquita Brandon Jovanovich, Tenor: Don José Ruben Drole, Baritone: Escamillo Roberto Gomez Ortiz, Tenor: Le Remendado | ||
| Saturday 12-Jul-14 07:00pm |
Opernhaus, Zürich Carmen |
Zurich Opera Vasily Petrenko, Conductor Matthias Hartmann, Director Philharmonia Zürich Kate Aldrich, Mezzo-soprano: Carmen Rachel Harnisch, Soprano: Micaela Irène Friedli, Soprano: Mercédès Sen Guo, Soprano: Frasquita Brandon Jovanovich, Tenor: Don José Ruben Drole, Baritone: Escamillo Roberto Gomez Ortiz, Tenor: Le Remendado |
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| Opernhaus, Zürich, Opernhaus Falkenstrasse 1, Zürich 8008, Switzerland Saturday 12-Jul-14 07:00pm In French with German and English surtitles. Running time 3 hours 30 minutes. Tickets 230 - 35 CHF.Vasily Petrenko, Conductor Matthias Hartmann, Director Philharmonia Zürich Kate Aldrich, Mezzo-soprano: Carmen Rachel Harnisch, Soprano: Micaela Irène Friedli, Soprano: Mercédès Sen Guo, Soprano: Frasquita Brandon Jovanovich, Tenor: Don José Ruben Drole, Baritone: Escamillo Roberto Gomez Ortiz, Tenor: Le Remendado | ||
