Carmen
- By:
- Georges Bizet, Conducted by Stephane Deneve, Jakub Hrusa (August 12, 15, 18, 21)
- Management:
- Glyndebourne Festival Opera
- Cast:
- Tania Kross, Brandon Jovanovich, Kate Royal (July 6, 10, 13, 17, 22, 25, 27, 30, August 2, 6, 9), Ermonela Jaho (August 12, 15, 18, 21, 28, 31), Wayne Tigges, Jael Azzaretti, Katherine Rohrer, Simon Bailey
- Director:
- David McVicar
- Design:
- Michael Vale
- Lighting:
- Paule Constable
- Costumes:
- Sue Blane
- Choreography:
- Andrew George
Production information can change over the run of the show.
An exotic flavour of Seville is one thing you won't get in David McVicar's staging of Bizet's tragic-comic opera Carmen, new for Glyndebourne in 2002. A wire fence separates the drab, industrial cigarette factory from the soldiers' guardroom in Act I and a plain, crumbling wall presents the exterior of the bullring in Act IV. McVicar's brutal deglamorisation of the settings bring the characters' passions, jealousies and anxieties into sharper focus, but with Act II's cramped, dimly-lit underground tavern and an especially dark, misty smugglers' den in Act III, the effect seems relentless...
Run sheet
- Glyndebourne Lewes
- July 6-August 31
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