Opera lovers will be able to watch Carmen, one of the world’s most popular productions, at Dubai Opera from 6-8 September. The Armenian National Academic Theatre Opera and Orchestra will bring to life the dramatic tale of the doomed love affair of a soldier, Don Jose, who falls for Carmen, a fiery gypsy.
Written by French composer Georges Bizet, and first performed in 1875, it features arias including ‘Habanera’ and the famous ‘Toreador Song’. It has also gone on to become one of the most frequently performed operas in the world- playing at the New York Metropolitan Opera more than one thousand times.
Don't miss one of the world's best-loved operas and opera's most seductive temptress, Carmen along with Bizet's unforgettable score including "Habanera" and "Toreador Song" among the best known of all operatic arias.
Carmen is the most famous of Bizet's operas and premiered at Opéra Comique in Paris in 1875. With its exotic Spanish setting, the opera deals with the love and jealousy of Don José, who is lured away from his duty as a soldier and his beloved Micaëla by the gypsy factory-girl Carmen, whom he allows to escape from custody. He is later persuaded to join the smugglers with whom Carmen is associated, but is driven wild by jealousy. This comes to a head when Carmen makes clear her preference for the bull-fighter Escamillo. The last act, outside the bull-ring in Seville, brings Escamillo to the arena, accompanied by Carmen, there stabbed to death by Don José, who has been awaiting her arrival. Carmen will be sung in French with English surtitles.
Carmen:
One of the world’s best-loved operas, Carmen, comes to Dubai Opera from 6th – 8th September. Including the Habanera aria and the March of the Toreadors, Bizet’s Carmen is a story of fiery passion and heart-stopping drama in a production complete with spectacular costumes and sets and, of course, an incredible orchestra and company to bring it all to life on Dubai Opera’s world-class stage!
The Armenian National Academic Theatre Opera and Orchestra
- Director & Artistic Director: Mo Constantine Orbelian
- Conductor: Mo Constantine Orbelian
- Production Director: Naire Stepanyan
- Stage-Designer: Avetis Barseghian
- Costume Designer : Cristine Avetisian
Sung in French with English and Arabic subtitles.
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