Carmen
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Age limit for performances in the Main Hall: 10+, for concerts in the Chamber Hall: 7+
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We also ask you to maintain social distancing and wear masks during the interval.
2020 / 2021 Main Hall the 8th Season
29 / 30 May * Saturday / Sunday * 6:00 / 5:00 pm
Georges Bizet
Carmen
Opera in 4 acts
Libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy
based on an eponymous novella by Prosper Mérimée
PRODUCTION GROUP:
Conductor – Alan Buribayev, Honoured Worker of Kazakhstan, Laureate of the State Prize of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Conductor – Ruslan Baymurzin
Stage Director – Lorenzo Amato
Director – Yerenbak Toikenov
Stage Designer – Ezio Frigerio
Costume Designer – Franca Squarciapino
Assistant Costume Designers – Hélène Kritikos, Arassel Dosmuratova
Lighting Designer – Jacopo Pontani
Projection Designer – Sergio Metalli
Chorus Master – Yerzhan Dautov, Honoured Worker of Kazakhstan
Ballet Masters - Producers – Yelena Sherstneva / Tursynbek Nurkaliyev, Honoured Worker of Kazakhstan
Accompanist Responsible, Subtitle Editor – Yelena Sakhno
Head of Children’s Choir – Altynganym Akhmetova
The fate of the opera Carmen by the French composer Georges Bizet was dramatic. Accentuated realism and choice of the main characters – a frivolous gypsy girl and a soldier, who became a deserter and murderer out of his love for her - shocked the Paris audiences. Bizet died of a heart attack three months after his creation failed, unaware that soon this work would become one of the prominent masterpieces of opera classics.
The opera takes place in Spain in the first half of the 19th century. The beautiful, passionate and freedom-loving gypsy Carmen, who stands out among other workers of the cigarette factory, is in the centre of the rapid succession of events. Unlike the original source, Bizet ennobled the character of his heroine, emphasizing her directness of feelings and independence of actions.
The librettists introduced colorful folk scenes into the opera. A temperamental and motley crowd, dwelling under the burning Southern sun, romantic figures of gypsies and smugglers, and the uplifting atmosphere of bullfighting acutely and brightly emphasize the original characters of Carmen, Don José, Micaëla and Escamillo as well as the tragic nature of their destinies.
Carmen is a fatal woman, whose freedom and love become destructive both for the one she recently loved, and for herself as well.
It is not difficult to understand the reason for such popularity. There are a lot of magnificent tunes in the opera! However, “the historical significance of Bizet's opera is not only in its endless artistic value, but also in the fact that for the first time ever the drama of ordinary people, affirming the ethical rights and dignity of a human being, was so skilfully described on the opera stage...”
LEAD ROLES AND PERFORMERS:
29 MAY
Carmen: Dina KHAMZINA, Honoured Worker of Kazakhstan
Don José: Meir BAINESH, Honoured Worker of Kazakhstan
Escamillo: Talgat MUSSABAYEV, Honoured Worker of Kazakhstan
Micaëla: Aigul NIYAZOVA, Honoured Worker of Kazakhstan
Zuniga: Shyngys RASYLKHAN
Moralès: Talgat GALEYEV
Frasquita: Aizada KAPONOVA, Holder of the Order of Kurmet
Mercédès: Gulzhanat SAPAKOVA
Le Dancaïre: Yerulan KAMEL
Le Remendado: Ramzat BALAKISHIYEV
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Carmen: Tatyana VITSINSKAYA
Don José: Meir BAINESH, Honoured Worker of Kazakhstan
Escamillo: Rasul ZHARMAGAMBETOV
Micaëla: Zhamilya JARKIMBAYEVA, Honoured Worker of Kazakhstan
Zuniga: Shyngys RASYLKHAN
Moralès: Yerzhan SAIPOV
Frasquita: Aizada KAPONOVA, Holder of the Order of Kurmet
Mercédès: Yelena GANZHA
Le Dancaïre: Yerulan KAMEL
Le Remendado: Ramzat BALAKISHIYEV
Running time: 3 hours (including two intervals)
Performed in French
(accompanied by simultaneous subtitles in Kazakh and Russian)