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Royal Opera House: Carmen

This ever-popular opera is given a fresh point of view in Barrie Kosky’s highly physical production, originally created for Frankfurt Opera. The Australian director is one of the world’s most sought-after opera directors, whose Royal Opera debut with Shostakovich’s The Nose in 2016 was greeted with delight. For Carmen he has devised a far-from-traditional version, incorporating music written by Bizet for the score but not usually heard, and giving a new voice to the opera’s endlessly fascinating central character.

Top Cast

  • Anna Goryachova

    Anna Goryachova

    Carmen

  • Francesco Meli

    Francesco Meli

    Don José

  • Kostas Smoriginas

    Kostas Smoriginas

    Escamillo

  • Gyula Nagy

    Gyula Nagy

    Moralès

  • Kristina Mkhitaryan

    Kristina Mkhitaryan

    Micaëla

  • David Soar

    David Soar

    Zuniga

  • Jacquelyn Stucker

    Jacquelyn Stucker

    Frasquita

  • Aigul Akhmetshina

    Aigul Akhmetshina

    Mercédès

  • Pierre Doyen

    Pierre Doyen

    Dancaïro

Overview

This ever-popular opera is given a fresh point of view in Barrie Kosky’s highly physical production, originally created for Frankfurt Opera. The Australian director is one of the world’s most sought-after opera directors, whose Royal Opera debut with Shostakovich’s The Nose in 2016 was greeted with delight. For Carmen he has devised a far-from-traditional version, incorporating music written by Bizet for the score but not usually heard, and giving a new voice to the opera’s endlessly fascinating central character.

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