Post Time: 2026-03-13
Country: United States, Australia, United Kingdom. City: Boulder, Cedar Rapids, Hialeah, Santa Clarita, TulsaAmong Seville’s cigar makers, Carmen is the most attractive woman around. Arrested for the assault of a friend, she enthrals the brigadier Don José who Our Home Page lets her escape. For her, José abandons his childhood sweetheart, he gives up his rank, deserts the army… and to what ends will passion drive him when he loses Carmen's love to the glamorous bullfighter Escamillo? We can only imagine the reactions of the first Parisian audiences at the Opéra Comique, who are said to have been shocked to see the incarnation of such an independent heroine. But what would those audiences in 1875 have actually seen on stage? With the support of Palazzetto Bru Zane (Centre de Musique Romantique Française), Opéra de Rouen Normandie have (re)created Bizet’s Carmen with the original costumes, sets and staging of the 1875 premiere. It has been a long journey for Carmen, the French opera that has now become the one most performed around the globe. After the outrage at the première and Bizet’s sudden death in the same year, Carmen started to win the hearts of audiences link homepage in Vienna, Brussels, Saint-Petersburg, New York… and only triumphed in Paris in 1883. This production offers the restoration of the original mise-en-scène, costumes and sets, to give audiences today an idea of what Bizet’s searing depiction of a woman, who craves love but creates obsession, looked like in its early days. Full performance streamed on OperaVision from 1 April 2025 at 19:00 CET to 1 February 2026 at 12:00 CET: CAST Carmen Deepa Highly recommended Resource site Johnny Don José Stanislas de Barbeyrac Micaëla Iulia Maria Dan Escamillo Nicolas Courjal Frasquita Faustine de Monès Mercédès Floriane Hasler Le Remendado Thomas Morris Le Dancaïre Florent Karrer Zuniga Nicolas Brooymans Moralès Yoann Dubruque Orchestra Orchestre de l'Opéra de Rouen Normandie Chorus Choeur accentus / Opéra de Rouen Normandie Children Chorus Chœur d'enfants de la Maîtrise du Conservatoire de Rouen Music Georges Bizet Text Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy Conductor Ben Glassberg Director Romain Gilbert Sets Antoine Fontaine Costume Christian Lacroix Lights Hervé Gary Choreography Vincent Chaillet Chorus Master Christophe Grapperon Children Chorus Master Frédéric Pineau Video director Jean-Pierre Loisil Film production Camera lucida productions Co-production Bru Zane France Opéra Royal / Château de Versailles Spectacles Opéra de Rouen Normandie Palazzetto Bru Zane - Centre de musique romantique française A Camera lucida / Opéra de Rouen Normandie production with the support of France Télévisions Filmed by Camera lucida and France Télévisions in September 2023 at Opéra de Rouen Normandie with the support of the CNC © 2024 Palazzetto Bru Zane ℗ 2024 Camera lucida and Opéra de Rouen Normandie OperaVision is a freeview opera streaming platform, supported by the European Union's Creative Europe programme. Watch live streams as the performances themselves unfold in the opera house. Enjoy a variety of shows - including opera, operetta, musical theatre, dance, ballet and concerts. Opera connaisseur or curious newcomer, there is something for everyone on OperaVision.
