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CARMEN

Georges Bizet (1838-1875)
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Comic opera in four acts
Libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy
Duration: 3h20
Incl. 1 intermission
CHF: 30.00 - 180.00
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May 2025
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20
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The flower she threw to us...

With its universal appeal and heady charm, Carmen is one of the most performed operas in the world. Like its dark-eyed heroine, it is both rebellious and sensual, full of sparkle and darkness, alternating between intimate scenes and triumphant choruses. Georges Bizet wins over as much as he innovates. His brilliant touch fascinates the audience: above and beyond the score, it was also he that penned the most imperishable lines of the libretto, based on the short story by Prosper Mérimée. Everything serves the drama.  The insolently expressive rhythm bewitches; the orchestration with its Hispanic touches is a breath of fresh air. On the ramparts of Seville, the unforgettable gypsy throws men a provocative flower, habanera and seguedilla, like so many spells. The femme fatale claims her freedom. As she had foreseen, she disappears in a final duet, of which Nietzsche would say: “I know no case where the tragic joke that constitutes the essence of love is expressed so strictly, translated with equal terror into a formula, as in Don José’s cry: Yes, I have killed her, I – my adored Carmen!” The opera premiered on 3rd March 1875 and Bizet died exactly three months later, on the evening of the 33rd performance.

For their respective debuts at the Opéra de Lausanne, Jean-François Sivadier transforms the stage into a formidable performance machine for the artists and the audience’s imagination; while Jean-Marie Zeitouni, a specialist in 19th century French music, conducts this fiery drama. Giving pride of place to actor direction, this production is an opportunity to revisit Bizet’s masterpiece, absent from our stage since 20 years.

Created March 3rd, 1875, at the Opéra Comique, Paris

Fritz Oeser Edition © Alkor-Edition Kassel

Carmen
Antoinette Dennefeld
Micaëla
Adriana González
Frasquita
Judith Fa
Mercédès
Séraphine Cotrez
Don José
Edgaras Montvidas
Escamillo
Philippe Sly
Zuniga
Olivier Gourdy
Moralès
Rémi Ortega
Le Dancaïre
Loïc Félix
Remendado
Raphaël Brémard
Lilas Pastia
Yani Skouta
Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne directed by Jean-Marie Zeitouni
Chœur de l’Opéra de Lausanne directed by Alessandro Zuppardo
Ecole de Musique Lausanne Choir directed by Catherine Fender
Director
Jean-François Sivadier
Set design
Alexandre de Dardel
Costumes
Virginie Gervaise
Lighting
Philippe Berthomé
Collaboration on movements
Joanne Saunier
Make up
Cécile Kretschmar