But it turns out that composer Georges Bizet’s score is so pervasive that it is everywhere, I could almost sing along with a couple of numbers, and I bet you could too - try “Votre Toast” (Your toast), or “L’amour est un oiseau rebelle” (Love is a rebellious bird).Ĭarmen is a classic opera that tells the tale of a beautiful woman whose fickle heart leads her to disaster after she seduces a jealous man. Indeed, I walked into the Ordway knowing nothing about the opera but that it featured a woman, presumably named Carmen, who might at some point wear a red dress.
Carmen is a classic opera whose music is so well-known that even opera virgins will probably recognise some of the songs. More information available here.Rafael Davila as Don José and Nora Sourouzian as Carmen in the Minnesota Opera production of Carmen. Performances of Katya Kabanova run from 4 to 26 February.
This is the first of two new productions in which he appears this season, the second being Deborah Warner’s award-winning production of Billy Budd, in which he sings Novice’s Friend.
Further future engagements include his first Idomeneo, a return to the Lyric Opera of Chicago, and his debuts at the Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin and the Metropolitan Opera.ĪH Rising Star Dominic Sedgwick, who is in his second year on the Royal Opera’s Jette Parker Programme, sings Kuligin. Engagements this season include Handel’s Messiah for the New York Philharmonic, a European tour of St John Passion with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and Sir Simon Rattle, Britten’s Nocturne with the Swedish Radio Symphony, and a tour of Britten’s War Requiem with the Orchestre de Paris. Elsewhere, he has conducted at La Scala, Chicago Lyric Opera, Glyndebourne Festival Opera and Opéra National de Paris while opera-in-concert continues to be a part of his work with the Bergen Philharmonic, including an acclaimed Peter Grimes at the Bergen and Edinburgh International Festivals.Įdward’s extensive discography includes three highly-acclaimed volumes of Janáček’s orchestral works, recorded with the Bergen Philharmonic, where he holds the position of Chief Conductor.Īmong the cast are fellow Askonas Holt artists Andrew Staples (tenor) and Dominic Sedgwick (baritone).Īndrew Staples makes his role debut as Tichon, having recently made his debut as Froh Das Rheingold at the Royal Opera House earlier this season. Music Director of English National Opera for ten years, Edward has an ongoing relationship with the Metropolitan Opera where he has conducted productions of Carmen, Don Giovanni, Der Rosenkavalier and Werther. On Monday 4 February, Edward Gardner makes his Royal Opera House debut in a new production of Janáček’s Katya Kabanova.
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