And indeed, with the cast presented I am inclined to not care about Zambello´s staging at all. Admittedly, it could have been much worse. And she succeeds admirably, presenting dreary, rusty simple sets and singers in period costumes. Further information here.ĭirector Francesca Zambello opted to create a "realistically desolate" production of Carmen for the Royal Opera in order to reflect on the every-day background on which the drama unfolds. Cast: Anna Caterina Antonacci (Carmen), Jonas Kaufmann (Don José), Ildebrando D´ Arcangelo ( Escamillo), Norah Amsellem ( Micaëla). Not only her massive, shimmering mezzo-soprano is convincing, but her high-quality acting skills as well.Carmen. „The French singer Gaëlle Arquez proves to be a lucky find. "Grand Opera marries pop show this year at the Bregenz Festival. „The lake-stage in Bregenz is a venue for theatrical spectaculars, and Kasper Holten’s production of Carmen on Es Devlin’s extraordinary set was a knockout.“ (The Telegraph) For the Danish stage director, this "opera about destiny and obsession" centres on "two people who are treated as outsiders, whose paths cross and who cling to each other in a passionate but unhealthy relationship". In collaboration with the stage director Kasper Holten, Director of Opera at the Royal Opera House in London, she has also worked at opera houses in Helsinki and Copenhagen, at the Theater an der Wien and the Royal Opera House Covent Garden. She has designed sets for pop stars like Adele, U2, Take That, the Pet Shop Boys and Kanye West. The French composer‘s most successful opera is staged on the world’s largest, spectacular floating stage of Lake Constance in Bregenz, with a set designed by British artist Es Devlin. Georges Bizet‘s captivating music with its Spanish sounds took the world by storm: Carmen‘s "Habanera" and "Seguidilla", like Escamillo‘s "Toreador‘s Song", are known to one and all.
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