The productions by the Catalan director Calixto Bieito, the “Quentin Tarantino of the opera stage”, cut incisively into the reality of their stories, making them shockingly provocative. And what work would suit this directing style better – with its similarly crazed passions and emotions – than Georges Bizet’s French opera Carmen? The director has transplanted this opera set in 19th-century Seville to post-Franco Spain, where he depicts a savage and cruel world with a high degree of realism – and not a hint of the clichéd flamenco of folklore. Bieito’s production has been staged all over the world, now it is coming to Hungary for everyone to enjoy here.
Authors
Libretto after the novel of the same title by Prosper Mérimée by: Henri Meilhac | Halévy Ludovic
Set designer: Flores Tarres Ildefonso
Costume designer: Mercé Paloma
Assistant director: Lucía Fernández Astigarraga
Hungarian surtitles: Judit Kenesey
English surtitles: Arthur Roger Crane
Head of the Children's Chorus: Nikolett Hajzer
Chorus director: Gábor Csiki
Featuring: Hungarian State Opera Orchestra and Chorus
Cast
Don José: Boldizsár László
Remendado: János Szerekován
Frasquita: Ildikó Megyimórecz
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