Royal Opera House: Carmen

The story

This ever-popular opera is given a fresh point of view in Barrie Kosky’s highly physical production, originally created for Frankfurt Opera. The Australian director is one of the world’s most sought-after opera directors, whose Royal Opera debut with Shostakovich’s The Nose in 2016 was greeted with delight. For Carmen he has devised a far-from-traditional version, incorporating music written by Bizet for the score but not usually heard, and giving a new voice to the opera’s endlessly fascinating central character.

Cast & crew

Anna Goryachova

Anna GoryachovaCarmen

Francesco MeliDon José

Kostas Smoriginas

Kostas SmoriginasEscamillo

Gyula Nagy

Gyula NagyMoralès

Kristina Mkhitaryan

Kristina MkhitaryanMicaëla

David Soar

David SoarZuniga

Jacquelyn Stucker

Jacquelyn StuckerFrasquita

Aigul AkhmetshinaMercédès

Pierre Doyen

Pierre DoyenDancaïro

Jean-Paul FouchécourtRemendado

Claude De DemoVoice of Carmen