Carmen
Libretto: Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy after a novella by Prosper Mérimée
First Performance: "Opera Comique", Paris, March 3, 1875
First Peformance at the Israeli Opera: October 5, 1995
First Performance of this production in the current season: June 7, 2012
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Role in Production
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Artist
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Conductor
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Daniel Oren
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Director
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Giancarlo del Monaco
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Set Designer
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William Orlandi
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Costume Designer
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Jesus Ruiz
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Lighting Designer
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Avi Uona Buena (Bambi)
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Choreographer
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Carlos Vilan
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Translation
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Israel Ouval
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Cast
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Carmen
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Nancy Fabiola Herrera
Anna Malavasi
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Don Jose
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Marco Berti
Jose Francisco Balestrini
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Escamillo
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dario Solar
Marcin Bronikowski
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Micaela
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Maria Agresta
Brigitta Kele
Lana Kos
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Zuniga
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Carlo Striuli
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Morales (br)
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Noah Briger
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Remendado (t)
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Yosef Aridan
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Dancairo (br)
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Guy Mannheim
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Mercedes (ms)
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Ayala Zimbler
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Frasquita (s)
Children chorus
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Hila Baggio
Ankor
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The Israeli Opera Chorus
Chorus Master: Yishai Steckler
The Opera Orchestra - The Israel Symphony Orchestra Rishon LeZion
Sung in French
Surtitles in English and Hebrew
Surtitles: Israel Ouval
Length of performance: approx. three hours and 30 minutes
The free spirited gypsy Carmen sings about freedom as she falls in love with the soldier José and then with the toreador Escamillo. Fiery Spanish dances and seductive arias in a huge celebration performed by
hundreds of participants by the Mt. of Masada. Love, scorching passion and hate that knows no boundries conducted by Daniel Oren.
Dates: Thursday June 7, Saturday June 9, Sunday June 10, Monday June 11, Tuesday June 12.
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