Carmen - Glyndebourne Festival Opera

The story

Don José is a guard who begins an affair with the tempestuous Carmen. He is imprisoned and loses his job, then flees with her to the mountains. When the relationship starts to break down José refuses to acknowledge it and will not leave, even when he gets news that his mother is dying. Carmen, meanwhile, has taken up with the bullfighter Escamillo. Bizet's most famous opera is brought to the Glyndebourne Festival Opera by Sir Peter Hall, with Maria Ewing and Barry McCauley heading an international cast.

Cast & crew

Malcolm Walker

Malcolm WalkerMoralès

Marie McLaughlinMicaëla

Barry McCauley

Barry McCauleyDon José

Xavier DeprazZuniga

Maria EwingCarmen

Elizabeth Collier

Elizabeth CollierFrasquita

Jean RigbyMercédès

Frederico Davià

Frederico DaviàLillas Pastia

David Holloway

David HollowayEscamillo

Gordon SandisonLe Dancaïre

Petros Evangelides

Petros EvangelidesLe Remendado

Robert Neil Kingham

Robert Neil KinghamGuide