Is Carmen an opera or a ballet?Ĭarmen is a ballet created by Roland Petit and his company ‘Les Ballets de Paris’ at the Prince’s Theatre in London on 21 February 1949 which has entered the repertory of ballet companies in France and around the world. To mark the work's return to the Opra Bastille, in Calixto Bieito's production, a retrospective in images of the Opera's multiple visions of Carmen. Don José is a soldier whereas Carmen is the gipsy charming all men (and upsetting all women) who works in the factory. Carmen Opera Since its creation at the Opra-Comique in 1875, Bizet's Carmen has made frequent appearances at the Paris Opera along with its share of star-studded casts and daring stagings. It all starts in a square in Seville between a tobacco factory and a guardhouse. What emotions were being expressed in the music Carmen?Ĭarmen is above all emotion love betrayal a crime of passion outlaws… all this is set in Seville around 1820. This combination of memorable music vivid setting and dramatic story have made Carmen one of the most popular operas in the world. Richly coloured designs capture the sultry heat of the Spanish sun while ranks of soldiers crowds of peasants gypsies and bullfighters bring 19th-century Seville alive.

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