Cycle Bizet, ‘l'oiseau rebelle’
Carmen
Opéra-comique in four acts by Georges Bizet, libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, after Prosper Mérimée, first performed at the Opéra-Comique in Paris.
The version including recitatives by Ernest Guiraud was premiered in Vienna on 23 October 1875.
The version including recitatives by Ernest Guiraud was premiered in Vienna on 23 October 1875.
Opera

© Marion Kerno
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 second season.
Dates
Performers
ORCHESTRE DE L'OPÉRA ROYAL
sous le haut patronage d'Aline Foriel-Destezet
CHŒUR D'ENFANT DU LYCÉE FRANÇAIS ALEXANDRE YERSIN
CHŒUR DE L'OPÉRA ROYAL
Victor Jacob conductor
Romain Gilbert stage director
Antoine Fontaine set designer
Christian Lacroix costume designer
Hervé Gary lighting
Vincent Chaillet choreography
Carmen Héloïse Mas
Don José Julien Behr
Escamillo Alexandre Duhamel
Micaëla Chiara Skerath
Frasquita Faustine de Monès
Mercédès Ambroisine Bré
Moralès Halidou Nombre
Zuniga Nicolas Certenais
Le Remendado Atila Varga-Tóth
Le Dancaïre Matthieu Walendzik
sous le haut patronage d'Aline Foriel-Destezet
CHŒUR D'ENFANT DU LYCÉE FRANÇAIS ALEXANDRE YERSIN
CHŒUR DE L'OPÉRA ROYAL
Victor Jacob conductor
Romain Gilbert stage director
Antoine Fontaine set designer
Christian Lacroix costume designer
Hervé Gary lighting
Vincent Chaillet choreography
Carmen Héloïse Mas
Don José Julien Behr
Escamillo Alexandre Duhamel
Micaëla Chiara Skerath
Frasquita Faustine de Monès
Mercédès Ambroisine Bré
Moralès Halidou Nombre
Zuniga Nicolas Certenais
Le Remendado Atila Varga-Tóth
Le Dancaïre Matthieu Walendzik
Staged version
Co-production Bru Zane France / Opéra Royal - Château de Versailles Spectacles / Opéra de Rouen Normandie / Palazzetto Bru Zane – Centre de musique romantique française
Delegated production Bru Zane France
As part of the Hong Kong Arts Festival
Sets made by the Atelier Devineau and the workshops of the Opéra de Rouen Normandie
Costumes made by the Atelier Caraco and the costume workshops of the Opéra de Rouen Normandie
Score published by Choudens(revisions by the Palazzetto Bru Zane)
Historical advice: Palazzetto Bru Zane scientific research team
Co-production Bru Zane France / Opéra Royal - Château de Versailles Spectacles / Opéra de Rouen Normandie / Palazzetto Bru Zane – Centre de musique romantique française
Delegated production Bru Zane France
As part of the Hong Kong Arts Festival
Sets made by the Atelier Devineau and the workshops of the Opéra de Rouen Normandie
Costumes made by the Atelier Caraco and the costume workshops of the Opéra de Rouen Normandie
Score published by Choudens(revisions by the Palazzetto Bru Zane)
Historical advice: Palazzetto Bru Zane scientific research team