Georges Bizet (1838 - 1875):
CarmenOpera in 4 acts based on the novel by Prosper Mérimée
music / Georges Bizet
libretto / Ludovic Halévy, Henri Meilhac
conductor / Claire Levacher
stage director / Zdeněk Troška
set designer / Milan Ferenčík
costume designer / Josef Jelínek
choreographer / Marcela Benoniová
chorus master / Adolf Melichar
cast of charactersDon José (
tenor) / Yikun Chung, Igor Jan, Michal Lehotský
Escamillo (
baritone) / Martin Barta, Vladimír Chmelo, Miguelangelo Cavalcanti
Dancaïre (
tenor) / Lubomír Havlák, Jiří Hruška, Martin Matoušek
Remendado (
tenor) / Jaroslav Kovacz, Jan Ondráček
Zuniga (
bass) / Ivo Hrachovec, Ladislav Mlejnek, Roman Vocel
Morales (
bass-baritone) / Oldřich Kříž, Martin Matoušek, Václav Sibera
Carmen (
mezzo-soprano) /
Jana Sýkorová, Galina Ibragimova
Micaela (
soprano) / Simona Procházková, Ludmila Vernerová, Alena Miro, Jitka Burgetová
Frasquita (
soprano) / Hana Jonášová, Jana Sibera, Dagmar Vaňkátová
Mercedes (
mezzo-soprano) / Pavla Vykopalova, Sylva Čmugrová
company / Prague State Opera
sung in French with Czech subtitles
premiere March 11, 2004, State Opera, Prague
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