CARMEN
To love is to love freely
»The best Carmen since the 1970s.«
»A Carmen worth waiting for. The orchestral playing is wonderfully buoyant.«
»A Carmen who lives in Sweden here and now.«
MUSIC
Georges Bizet
Libretto
Henri Meilhac & Ludovic Halévy, after Prosper Mérimée’s novella
Conductor
Yves Abel
Director
Johanna Garpe
Set designer
Per A. Jonsson
COSTUME & MASK DESIGNER
Nina Sandström
Lighting design
Erik Berglund
DRAMATURGE
Katarina Aronsson
CHOREOGRAPHY
Roger Lybeck
Language
Sung in French with Swedish surtitles.
Running time
1st act 80 min, interval 30 min, 2nd act 60 min (total incl bows approx 2 hrs 50 min)
»Best Carmen since the 1970's«
Georges Bizet’s Carmen from 1875 is one of the world’s best-loved operas. In Johanna Garpe’s acclaimed version, Carmen is a mature, creative, rebellious and sexually liberated woman. Miriam Treichl again appears in the leading role. Daniel Johansson and Joachim Bäckström alternate as Don José.
Carmen wants to combine life-affirming passion with independence. She believes she can love anyone she wants. One day her eyes fall on the factory supervisor José. Their passionate encounter is the beginning of a violent story of love, jealousy and death.
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Cast
Carmen
Escamillo
Micaëla
Zuniga
Moralès
Dancaïre
Remendado
Frasquita
Mercédès
Conductor
Royal Swedish Opera Chorus
Royal Swedish Orchestra