Carmen - Schedule, Program & Tickets

Text Henri Meilhac & Ludovic Halévy after Prosper Mérimée
Opéra comique in four acts

1 break

Attending the performance is recommended for ages 14 and up.


Cast September 2024

musical direction
Per Giorgio Morandi

Staging
Calixto Bieito

Scenic rehearsal
Joan Anton Rechi

stage
Alfons Flores

costumes
Merce Paloma

Light
Alberto Rodríguez Vega

Carmen
Aigul Akhmetshina

Don Jose
Vittorio Grigolo

Escamillo, Toreador
Erwin Schrott

Micaëla
Elsa Dreisig


Cast May and June 2025

musical direction
Marco Armiliato

Staging
Calixto Bieito

Scenic rehearsal
Joan Anto Rechi

stage
Alfons Flores

costumes
Merce Paloma

Light
Alberto Rodríguez Vega

Carmen
J'Nai Bridges

Don Jose
Freddie De Tommaso

Escamillo, Toreador
Christopher Maltman

Micaëla
Florina Ilie


Contents

The freedom-loving Carmen is desired by all men. Although none of their relationships last, the soldier Don José falls madly in love with her after she flirtatiously throws a flower at his feet.

He deserts, foregoes an emerging relationship with Micaëla, a girl from his village, and joins Carmen's gang of smugglers. This time too, Carmen's feelings cool and she is only interested in the bullfighter Escamillo. In front of the arena, an argument between Don José and Carmen escalates: full of jealousy, Don José kills his former lover.



Subject to change.