Musically, there is hardly anything to complain about. The orchestra play snappily ie. The Act 2 gypsy dance and the Act 1 prelude are most energetically played and the players show no signs of being taxed by the more dramatic moments. The woodwinds are especially noteworthy, the flute solo in the Act 3 being beautifully played for example.
The chorus are wonderful, not just in their singing, which sounds beautiful throughout and with great emotional involvement, and their acting has really come on a long way over the years, instead of having over-serious straight lines we have good use of the stage and great personality and awareness of the drama. They are truly excellent in Act 3, a real sense of downtrodden-ness and secrecy.
The children are just great, rhythmically they're remarkably together and their tuning is very good sometimes sounding like one a lot of the time that's unheard of in a children's chorus! Reservations with Vinogradov aside, the performances are terrific. On a side note, the spoken dialogue is delivered with momentum and doesn't bog down the pace at all.
Her voice is rich and sumptuous with some sly, almost seductive phrasing in both the "Habanera" and "Seguidilla". Roberto Alagna smoulders as Don Jose and is in infinitely better voice than he was as Samson earlier on in the season that was not a good night for him , there is little strain here and he even manages some tenderness, including singing a lovely soft floating high B flat in "La Fleur Que Tu M'avais Jetee" and that is not an easy picnic technically.
He is a passionate and ardent lover, his torment intensifying throughout the opera very believably, and when Carmen and Don Jose's chemistry settles which it does quickly the interplay has real power, especially in the blistering final scene where Alagna practically lets rip in a thrilling fashion. His chemistry with real life wife Aleksandra Kurzak is every bit as good, perhaps even better, with a poignant first act duet. Kurzak is a production highlight, yet another Micaela to make a notoriously passive character in opera into the character that one feels the most for.
The supporting roles are very well filled, namely Zuniga, Frasquita and Mercedes. Overall, truly impressive production of 'Carmen' that just falls short of overall greatness, despite being filled with many moments of it.
TheLittleSongbird Feb 5, Details Edit. Release date February 2, United States. Official Site Japan. French English. Technical specs Edit. Runtime 2 hours 8 minutes.
But then the audience cooled Backstage, fewer admirers, congratulations restrained. The audience was frigid during Act IV. Only a few faithful devotees of the composer came backstage. Carmen was not a success On the contrary, the box office flourished I was awakened at 2 AM on June 3 to learn that Bizet had died of a heart attack at the very moment the curtain had fallen on the 32nd performance. The hour of true recognition was slow in coming. Carmen was performed only 16 more times [in the Paris run].
After the 48th performance the Director of the opera house resigned, in Performed in Vienna on October 23, , Carmen was a complete success. Please click here for more information. Page Navigation for: Carmen. For more information and to review your options if you purchased tickets for any of these dates, read the complete announcement. Carmen was a scandal at its premiere but soon after became a triumphal success and has remained one of the most frequently staged operas in the world.
Georges Bizet — was known as a brilliant student and prodigy, but his works only found lasting success after his untimely death—most notably Carmen , which premiered three months before he died. The hometown of Don Juan, the city also inspired Mozart's Don Giovanni , and Beethoven used Seville as the setting for a study of marital fidelity in Fidelio. The score of Carmen contains so many instantly recognizable tunes that it can be easy to overlook how well constructed it is.
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