Carmen

ABOUT THE PERFORMANCE

A thin novel by the French writer Prosper Merimée about Don José, whose foolish passion for a wild Gypsy girl forces him to leave the army and become a smuggler and murderer, served as the base for one of the most famous opera. The success won its author, the French composer Georges Bizet, international fame. Bizet had never been in Spain but he loved exotic motives and the atmosphere of the story fascinated him. In his music, he masterly connected Spanish motives and French charm, giving the operatic world several immortal hits. Carmen directed by Tomáš Pilař returns more to the original story and reveals further layers of individual characters, who are mainly people coming from completely different environments. It is not only Carmen’s volatile and unchained love with which the jealous José cannot cope. It is the conflict of two worlds – the organized and tidy world of José and Micaëla, made up for preconcieved rules, and the world of gypsies and smugglers living from one day to another, without any law and governed by their impulses. These worlds suddenly intersect and the differences creates tension and conflict leading to the complete destruction of both the worlds. Nobody is able to prevent the inevitable because nobody is willing, or able, to give in.

CAST

Carmen: Jana Hrochová, Václava Krejčí Housková, Jolana Fogašová j. h., Anastasiya Martyniuk
Don José: Luciano Mastro j. h., Peter Berger j. h., Mickael Spadaccini - J.H.
Micaëla: Jana Šrejma Kačírková, Daniela Straková-Šedrlová
Escamillo: Roman Hoza, Svatopluk Sem j. h.,
Zuniga: David Nykl, Tomáš Šelc
Mercédés: Lenka Laurinčík Schallenberger j. h., Jitka Klečanská
Fransquita: Martina Mádlová, Andrea Široká
Le Remendado: Zoltán Korda, Petr Levíček
Le Dancaïre: Igor Loškár, Jakub Tolaš j. h.
Morales: Jiří Brückler j. h., Igor Loškár

Author: Georges Bizet

Libretto: Henri Meilhac a Ludovic Halévy

Music preparation: Ondrej Olos

Conductor: Ondrej Olos

Conductor: Robert Kružík

Direction: Tomáš Pilař