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Opera

Carmen

Georges Bizet

Keep a safe distance when Carmen is in the mood for love

The National Theatre
English surtitles

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    April 2024

    Tuesday 23. 4.
    19:00

    Tickets available

    English surtitles
    May 2024

    Tuesday 28. 5.
    19:00

    Tickets available

    English surtitles
    June 2024

    Friday 14. 6.
    19:00

    Tickets available

    English surtitles

    Basic information

    Venue

    The National Theatre

    Approximate running time

    2 hours 50 minutes, 1 intermission (20 minutes) minutes

    Language

    In French, surtitles in Czech, English

    Premiere

    March 10, 2022

    Bizet’s Carmen is a staple of the repertoire of the majority of opera houses worldwide. The opera is extremely popular owing to the music, abounding in torrential rhythms, engrossing melodies and bewitching songs of the beautiful Gypsy, as well as the overwhelming power of the passions depicted in the story.

    Cast

    • 2023-2024
    • 2024-2025

    Creatives

    Stage director
    Grischa Asagaroff
    Sets and costumes
    Luigi Perego
    Choreography
    Petros Gallias
    Light design
    Daniel Tesař
    Chorus master
    Pavel Vaněk

    About

    National Theatre Chorus
    National Theatre Orchestra
    National Theatre Opera Ballet
    Prague Philharmonic Children’s Choir

    Carmen is actually one of the first verismo operas that preceded the “manifesto” of the Italian artistic movement. Its style, and the death of the title heroine, which were at variance with the established opéra comique conventions, seem to have been the reason why the work did not give rise to much public enthusiasm at and in the wake of the world premiere in Paris in 1875. Yet Carmen soon triumphed in other European cities.

    Bizet’s Carmen is a staple of the repertoire of the majority of opera houses worldwide. It is extremely popular owing to the music, abounding in torrential rhythms, engrossing melodies and bewitching songs of the beautiful Gypsy, as well as to the overwhelming power of the passions depicted in the story.

    Carmen was first presented in Prague in 1880, at the Estates Theatre. The National Theatre staged it on 3 January 1884, shortly after its opening, as the very first foreign opera. In our new production, the story of Don José, a soldier who falls madly in love with the Gypsy Carmen, is retold by the German director Grischa Asagaroff. Petr Popelka, chief conductor of the Norwegian Radio Orchestra and principal guest conductor of the Janáček Philharmonic Orchestra in Ostrava, took over the musical production.

    WARNING: Gunshots will be heard during the performance.
    Suitable for audience from 12 years.
    A 3-minute set-up on stage follows a 50-minute performance.

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    Goods detail

    Carmen Programme – CZ

    A booklet for the opera production of Carmen

    80 Kč

    Only 3 items in stock

    Practical information

    Where to buy tickets

    The National Theatre sells tickets up to 6 months in advance. We are currently selling tickets for performances of Drama, Ballet, Opera and Laterna magika taking place in March-August 2024.


    When purchasing online, you can get an e-ticket. You can pick up printed tickets in person at the box offices of the National Theatre.

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