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  • Baths of Caracalla: Opera di Roma Summer Season
    Baths of Caracalla: Opera di Roma Summer Season
  • Baths of Caracalla: Opera di Roma Summer Season
    Baths of Caracalla: Opera di Roma Summer Season
  • Baths of Caracalla: Opera di Roma Summer Season
    Baths of Caracalla: Opera di Roma Summer Season

Carmen: Teatro dell'Opera Open Air

About the Event

This year's opera series at the Baths of Caracalla features three operas by Italy’s most famous nineteenth‐century composers: Bizet, Puccini, and Verdi. Enjoy Bizet's 'Carmen' in the Baths of Caracalla.

Witness the explosive, passionate, and destructive love of a woman who values her freedom above all else. Director Valentina Carrasco brings this new production to the stage of the Baths of Caracalla. The orchestra is conducted by Jesús López‐Cobos and Jordi Bernàcer.

In original language, with Italian and English subtitles.

Cast / Production

Conductor: Jesús López‐Cobos and Jordi Bernàcer
Director: Valentina Carrasco
Chorus Master: Roberto Gabbiani
Set designer: Samal Blak
Costume designer: Luis Carvalho
Lighting designer: Peter van Praet

Carmen: Veronica Simeoni /
Ketevan Kemoklidze
Don Josè: Roberto Aronica /
Andeka Gorrotxategui
Escamillo: Alexander Vinogradov
Micaela: Rosa Feola /
Roberta Mantegna
Frasquita: Daniela Cappiello
Mercedes: Anna Pennisi
Dancairo: Alessio Verna
Remendado: Pietro Picone
Zuniga: Gianfranco Montresor
Morales: Timofei Baranov

Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

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