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Carmen
Historical staging from 1875.
Opéra-comique in four acts by Georges Bizet, on a libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy after Prosper Mérimée, premiered at the Opéra-Comique in Paris.
The version with recitatives composed by Ernest Guiraud premiered in Vienna on 23 October 1875.
Opéra-comique in four acts by Georges Bizet, on a libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy after Prosper Mérimée, premiered at the Opéra-Comique in Paris.
The version with recitatives composed by Ernest Guiraud premiered in Vienna on 23 October 1875.
Opera
© Marion Kerno
© Julien Benhamou
© Marion Kerno
© Julien Benhamou
Following the rediscovery of the first version of Gounod’s Faust (2018) and the original version of Offenbach’s La Vie parisienne (2021), the Palazzetto Bru Zane and its partners present a restoration – this time in visual terms – of another great French Romantic opera: Bizet’s Carmen, with the costumes, sets and staging of the 1875 premiere. Combining vivid tableaux and a first-rate cast, this revival of the famous opera with its original mise-en-scène is presented for the third season.
“It is not that what is commonly called ‘melody’ is lacking; indeed, it abounds; but it does not reveal itself, in all its nudity, to the first person who comes along; and often its charms and harmonious lines have to be discovered beneath the rich fabric with which the composer adorns it.”
(Armand Gouzien, L'Événement, 6 March 1875.)
“It is not that what is commonly called ‘melody’ is lacking; indeed, it abounds; but it does not reveal itself, in all its nudity, to the first person who comes along; and often its charms and harmonious lines have to be discovered beneath the rich fabric with which the composer adorns it.”
(Armand Gouzien, L'Événement, 6 March 1875.)
Dates
Performers
ORCHESTRA AND CHOIR TEATRO LA FENICE
John Axelrod conductor
Romain Gilbert stage director
Antoine Fontaine set designer
Christian Lacroix costume designer
Hervé Gary lighting
Vincent Chaillet choreography
Full cast on the Teatro La Fenice website
John Axelrod conductor
Romain Gilbert stage director
Antoine Fontaine set designer
Christian Lacroix costume designer
Hervé Gary lighting
Vincent Chaillet choreography
Full cast on the Teatro La Fenice website
Staged version
Co-production Opéra Royal – Château de Versailles Spectacles / Opéra Orchestre Normandie Rouen / Bru Zane France / Palazzetto Bru Zane
Executive producer Palazzetto Bru Zane
Sets made by the Atelier Devineau and the workshops of the Opéra de Rouen Normandie
Costumes made by the Atelier Caraco and the workshops of the Opéra de Rouen Normandie
Score published by Choudens (revised by the Palazzetto Bru Zane)
Co-production Opéra Royal – Château de Versailles Spectacles / Opéra Orchestre Normandie Rouen / Bru Zane France / Palazzetto Bru Zane
Executive producer Palazzetto Bru Zane
Sets made by the Atelier Devineau and the workshops of the Opéra de Rouen Normandie
Costumes made by the Atelier Caraco and the workshops of the Opéra de Rouen Normandie
Score published by Choudens (revised by the Palazzetto Bru Zane)
