Georges Bizet (1838 - 1875):
CarmenOpera in 4 acts based on the novel by Prosper Mérimée
music / Georges Bizet
libretto / Ludovic Halévy, Henri Meilhac
conductor / Jiri Belohlavek
stage director / Jozef Bednárik
set designer / Vladimír Čáp
costume designer / Ludmila Várossová
cast of charactersDon José (
tenor) / Michal Lehotský, Peter Berger
Escamillo (
baritone) / Roman Janal, Svatopluk Sem, Martin Barta
Dancaïre (
tenor) / Jiří Hruška, Jaroslav Brezina, Vladimír Doležal
Remendado (
tenor) / Josef Moravec, Václav Lemberk
Zuniga (
bass) / Pavel Svingr, Frantisek Zahradnicek, Aleš Hendrych
Morales (
bass-baritone) / Jiri Bruckler, Jiri Hajek
Carmen (
mezzo-soprano) / Jolana Fogašová,
Jana Sýkorová, Kateřina Hebelková
Micaela (
soprano) / Dana Burešová, Maria Kobielská, Alzbeta Polackova
Frasquita (
soprano) / Tereza Mátlová, Hana Jonášová, Marie Fajtova
Mercedes (
mezzo-soprano) / Stanislava Jirků, Michaela Kapustová, Jana Horáková-Levicová
company / Prague National Theatre Opera
sung in French with English and Czech subtitles
premiere March 15, 1999, Prague National Theatre, Prague
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