The first Parisian audiences at the Opéra Comique in 1875 were shocked to see Bizet’s incarnation of such an independent heroine. Today, Carmen is the French opera that is most performed around the globe. This a searing depiction of a woman who craves love but creates obsession and jealousy. After Bizet’s sudden death, Carmen won the hearts of audiences in Vienna, Brussels, Saint-Petersburg, New York… and only triumphed in Paris in 1883. Slippedisc brings live transmission, courtesy of OperaVision, from Zurich’s famous Opernhaus in a production by Andreas Homoki first staged at Opéra Comique earlier this season and here conducted by Gianandrea Noseda. Marina Viotti sings the title role, Saimir Pirgu stars as Don José and Łukasz Goliński as Escamillo.
The Plot: among 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 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?
Live on Saturday 15th June 2024 at 20.00 CET / 19.00 London / 14.00 New York
Subtitles in French, English and German.
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