Milton Keynes Theatre: Carmen


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Carmen - Wednesday 28 - Friday 30 March Box Office: 0870 060 6652(bkg fee)
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WELSH NATIONAL OPERA

Carmen

By Bizet

Sung in French with English surtitles

Conductor Michal Klauza
Directors Patrice Caurier & Moshe Leiser
Set designer Christian Fenouillat
Costume designer Agostino Cavalca
Lighting designer Christophe Forey

Co-Production with Scottish Opera

Cast includes Sara Fulgoni, Rafael Rojas, Stephen Gadd, Elizabeth Atherton & David Soar

Impulsive and fiery, Carmen shifts her passion from one lover to another, eventually with tragic consequences. The famous story of a Spanish gypsy girl who inspires a love that eventually destroys her is heightened by Bizet's feiry music, which includes the sultry 'Habanera' and the rousing 'Toreador's Song'.

On Carmen's opening night in March 1875, Bizet thought Carmen had been a failure - and sadly, this was the impression the composer took to his grave just three months later. However, Tchaikovsky, who caught the opera later in its run, prophesied that "within a decade Carmen will become the most popular opera in the whole world". He was right and it remains so to this day.

Groups Discount Available

TalkBack
Pre-Show talks
Thu 6pm & Sat 5.30pm
Free to ticket holders. Seats limited- book at Box Office.

Opera Offer
Book a band B ticket for Carmen or Madam Butterfly and get it upgraded to a band A ticket if you book a band A ticket for Khovanshchina.
(Conditions apply.)



'Sara Fulgoni... sings with the smoky yet lustrous tone... She portrays an introspective gipsy, barely disguising vulnerability, acutely conscious of her own admitted devilry, deeply superstitious about her fate in the cards.' - The Sunday Telegraph

''A thoughtful, original production,... and one to remind you that as well as being one of the most popular operas, Carmen... is one of the greatest.'' - The Times

Performances:

Wed 28 Mar: 7:15pm
Fri 30 Mar: 7:15pm

ABCDE
£44.00£36.00£28.00£22.00£17.00

Running time 3hrs

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