Carmen: Oslo Opera House
About the Event
Bizet's 'Carmen' tells the story of a woman who longs for freedom above all else. Director Calixto Bieito's brilliant iconoclastic rendering of the opera is set in post‐Franco Spain.
In his production, Bieito reduces Bizet's masterwork to what he sees as the essence: A story of people living at the margins of society. This widely acclaimed staging still retains the characteristics which have always fascinated audiences of 'Carmen'.
Cast / Production
Conductor: Ariane Matiakh
Director: Calixto Bieito
Set design: Alfons Flores
Costumes: Mercè Paloma
Lighting design: Bruno Poet
Performers: Children's chorus, The Opera Chorus, The Opera orchestra
Roles:
Carmen: Ingeborg Gillebo / Alessandra Volpe
Don José: Peter Wedd / Henrik Engelsviken
Escamillo: Michael Sumuel
Micaëla: Marita Sølberg / Lydia Hoen Tjore
Zuniga: Zaza Gagua
Moralès: Aleksander Nohr
Frasquita: Eli Kristin Hanssveen
Mercédès: Astrid Nordstad
Le Dancaïre: Eirik Grøtvedt
Le Remendado: Marius Roth Christensen
Lillas Pastias: Amir Mirzai
