Carmen - Glyndebourne Festival Opera

Carmen - Glyndebourne Festival Opera

174 mins | Music | Jan. 1, 1985

Don José is a guard who begins an affair with the tempestuous Carmen. He is imprisoned and loses his job, then flees with her to the mountains. When the relationship starts to break down José refuses to acknowledge it and will not leave, even when he gets news that his mother is dying. Carmen, meanwhile, has taken up with the bullfighter Escamillo. Bizet's most famous opera is brought to the Glyndebourne Festival Opera by Sir Peter Hall, with Maria Ewing and Barry McCauley heading an international cast.

Carmen - Glyndebourne Festival Opera

174 mins | Music | Jan. 1, 1985

Carmen - Glyndebourne Festival Opera
Don José is a guard who begins an affair with the tempestuous Carmen. He is imprisoned and loses his job, then flees with her to the mountains. When the relationship starts to break down José refuses to acknowledge it and will not leave, even when he gets news that his mother is dying. Carmen, meanwhile, has taken up with the bullfighter Escamillo. Bizet's most famous opera is brought to the Glyndebourne Festival Opera by Sir Peter Hall, with Maria Ewing and Barry McCauley heading an international cast.
Producers BBC, NVC Arts, Glyndebourne Festival Opera
Original title Carmen - Glyndebourne Festival Opera
Directors Peter Hall
Writers Prosper Mérimée

Cast

Malcolm Walker

as Moralès

Marie McLaughlin

as Micaëla

Barry McCauley

as Don José

Xavier Depraz

as Zuniga

Maria Ewing

as Carmen

Elizabeth Collier

as Frasquita

Jean Rigby

as Mercédès

Frederico Davià

as Lillas Pastia

David Holloway

as Escamillo

Gordon Sandison

as Le Dancaïre

Petros Evangelides

as Le Remendado