CARMEN
September 26 + 28, 2024
Tennessee Performing Arts Center - Jackson Hall
Score by Georges Bizet
Libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halevy
(Based on a novel by Propser Merimee)
Premiered in Paris, Opera Comique, March 3, 1875
Directed by John Hoomes
Conducted by Dean Williamson
Featuring the Nashville Opera Orchestra
Sung in French with projected English lyrics
Don Jose, a young soldier, has his life planned out. He’ll have a solid career in the military; he’ll marry his hometown sweetheart...everything in order. But then he meets...CARMEN. Considered by many to be the most popular opera ever written, the sensual tale of Carmen, the free-spirited, passionate girl, is a work teeming with excitement, emotion, and desire. Bizet’s stunning and beautiful music paints the days of desert heat, and the nights of fiery passion with an all-consuming fever that cannot be ignored.
Artists
Marina Costa Jackson
CARMEN
Zach Borichevsky
DON JOSE
Kathryn Lewek
MICAËLA
Richard Ollarsaba
ESCAMILLO
Bernardo Medieros
ZUNIGA
Dee Donasco
FRASQUITA
Sara Crigger
MERCEDES
Gregory Sliskovich
REMENDADO
Ryan Bede
MORALES / DANCAÏRE
John Hoomes
Director
Dean Williamson
Conductor