[New production]
Wednesday 1st May 2024
Doors open 6.30 for 7.15pm - Tickets £16.50 / Under 18s £12.50
The Royal Opera

Damiano Michieletto's sizzling new production evokes all the passion and heat of Bizet's score, which features Carmen’s sultry Habanera and the rousing Toreador song. Antonello Manacorda conducts an exciting international cast, with Aigul Akhmetshina performing the title role.

Running time 220 minutes (including one interval)
Sung in French with English subtitles

Music: Georges Bizet
Conductor: Antonello Manacorda
Director: Damiano Michieletto
Set Designer: Paolo Fantin
Costume Designer: Carla Teti
Lighting Designer: Alessandro Carletti

Cast
Carmen: Aigul Akhmetshina
Don Jose: Piotr Beczala
Micaela: Olga Kulchynska
Escamillo: Kostas Smoriginas
Zuniga: Blaise Malaba
Morales Grisha Martirosyan
Frasquita: Sarah Dufresne
Mercedes: Gabriele Kupsyte
Dancairo Pierre Doyen
Remendado: Vincent Ordonneau

Royal Opera Chorus
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

Co-production with Teatro Real, Madrid and La Scala, Milan