Bizet's Carmen: Opéra Comique
About the Event
Experience opera like never before in this astonishing performance of masterworks by Bizet at Paris's remarkable Opéra Comique.
Amongst Seville’s cigar makers, the gypsy Carmen is the most attractive and whimsical woman around. She is arrested for the assault of a friend, but the brigadier Don José is captivated by her beauty and lets her escape. For her, he loses his operational rank and then decides to desert and embrace the adventurous life of gypsies and smugglers.
Cast / Production
Musical direction, Long Yu
Staging direction, Andreas Homoki
With Gaëlle Arquez, Frédéric Antoun, Nathalie Manfrino, Jean‐Fernand Setti, Norma Nahoun, Aliénor Feix, François Lis, Jean‐Christophe Lanièce, Matthieu Walendzik, Paco Garcia
Choir accentus and The Maîtrise Populaire of the Opéra Comique
Orchestra Symphonique de Shanghai