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.
Anna Goryachova
as Carmen
Francesco Meli
as Don José
Kostas Smoriginas
as Escamillo
Gyula Nagy
as Moralès
Kristina Mkhitaryan
as Micaëla
David Soar
as Zuniga
Jacquelyn Stucker
as Frasquita
Aigul Akhmetshina
as Mercédès
Pierre Doyen
as Dancaïro
Jean-Paul Fouchécourt
as Remendado
Claude De Demo
as Voice of Carmen
