Bizet: Carmen – Historical Staging of 1875 (DVD) – Deepa Johnny, Stanislas de Barbeyrac
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Bizet: Carmen – Historical Staging of 1875 (DVD) – Deepa Johnny, Stanislas de Barbeyrac
Composer: Georges Bizet
Artists: Deepa Johnny, Stanislas de Barbeyrac, Nicolas Courjal, Iulia Maria Dan, Faustine de Monès, Floriane Hasler, Nicolas Brooymans, Yoann Dubruque, Florent Karrer, Thomas Morris, Orchestre de l’Opéra de Rouen Normandie, Chœur accentus, Chœur d’enfants de la Maîtrise du Conservatoire de Rouen
Conductor: Ben Glassberg
Director: Romain Gilbert
Video Format: NTSC 16:9
Audio Format: Stereo / 5.1
Region: All Regions
Language: French
Subtitles: English, French, German, Italian
Number of Discs: 1
Studio: Bru Zane
Run Time: 168 minutes; plus 14 minutes bonus material
Carmen, the most famous heroine of Romantic opera, has never been so moving and rebellious as in the historical staging of 1875, whose flamboyant Spanishry is brought back to life here with the help of unpublished archive material.
History
Carmen
World premiere: 1887.
Georges Bizet’s original Carmen, takes place in and around Seville, Spain and tells of the downfall of a soldier, Don José, seduced by the wiles of the fiery Carmen. José abandons his sweetheart and his military duties for Carmen, yet loses her love to the glamorous matador Escamillo, after which José kills her in a jealous rage.
On January 9, 1884, Carmen premiered at the Metropolitan Opera. Thereafter it was quickly incorporated into the Met's regular repertory staging Carmen well-over a thousand times. The Met Opera’s 2023-2024 Season debuts a vital new production of Carmen, reinvigorating the classic story with a staging that moves the action to the modern day and finds at the heart of the drama issues that could not be more relevant today: gendered violence, abusive labor structures, and the desire to break through societal boundaries.
Among the best-known of all operatic arias are Carmen’s “Habanera” from Act 1, sung by the title character and the toreador’s song, “Votre toast” in Act 2, performed by the matador Escamillo.
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