This ever-popular opera is given a fresh point of view in Barrie Kosky’s highly physical production, originally created for Frankfurt Opera. The Australian director is one of the world’s most sought-after opera directors, whose Royal Opera debut with Shostakovich’s The Nose in 2016 was greeted with delight. For Carmen he has devised a far-from-traditional version, incorporating music written by Bizet for the score but not usually heard, and giving a new voice to the opera’s endlessly fascinating central character.
Director:
Writer:
Anna Goryachova
Carmen
Francesco Meli
Don José
Kostas Smoriginas
Escamillo
Gyula Nagy
Moralès
Kristina Mkhitaryan
Micaëla
David Soar
Zuniga
Jacquelyn Stucker
Frasquita
Aigul Akhmetshina
Mercédès
Pierre Doyen
Dancaïro
Jean-Paul Fouchécourt
Remendado
Claude De Demo
Voice of Carmen
Carmen - Habanera (Bizet; Anna Goryachova, The Royal Opera 2018)
Carmen trailer (The Royal Opera)
Barrie Kosky on Carmen (The Royal Opera)
The Royal Opera Chorus on performing Carmen (The Royal Opera)
Insights into The Royal Opera's new production of Carmen
Carmen trailer (The Royal Opera)
