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) / Svatopluk Sem, Martin Barta, Roman Janal
Dancaïre (
tenor) / Jiří Hruška, Jaroslav Brezina, Vladimír Doležal
Remendado (
tenor) / Josef Moravec, Václav Lemberk
Zuniga (
bass) / Aleš Hendrych, Pavel Svingr, Frantisek Zahradnicek
Morales (
bass-baritone) / Jiri Bruckler, Jiri Hajek
Carmen (
mezzo-soprano) /
Jana Sýkorová, Kateřina Hebelková, Jolana Fogašová
Micaela (
soprano) / Alzbeta Polackova, Dana Burešová, Maria Kobielská
Frasquita (
soprano) / Tereza Mátlová, Hana Jonášová, Marie Fajtova
Mercedes (
mezzo-soprano) / Michaela Kapustová, Jana Horáková-Levicová, Stanislava Jirků
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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