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Bizet: Carmen

Georges Bizet's opera comique live at the Opéra Bastille, Paris on March 7th, 2017

2017 2 hours 30 minutes

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With a devilish sway of the hips and a hint of Andalusian flair, Carmen, the beautiful cigar-maker sets her sights on a soldier: Don José. Fate will do the rest. Composed to a libretto by Meilhac and Halévy based on Prosper Mérimée’s novella, the opera exploded the boundaries between tragedy and comedy with a modernity that caused a scandal at the time. Can we kill the one we love with love? The fiery beauty of Bizet’s music, where one unforgettable aria follows another, has worked year in, year out to make it the world’s most performed opera.

Released

7th March 2017

9 years ago

Runtime

2 hours 30 minutes

Finishes at 1:52pm

Directed by

Calixto Bieito

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Written by

Henri Meilhac, Ludovic Halévy

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