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  • Venue Royal Opera House, London
  • Performance dates Booking to 31 May 2024
  • Running time 3 hours 10 minutes (including interval)
  • Age guidelines 8+

The Royal Opera’s new production of Bizet’s Carmen is playing at the Royal Opera House this spring 2024.

This searing new production by Olivier Award-winner Damiano Michieletto evokes all the passion and heat of Bizet’s score, which features Carmen’s sultry Habanera and the rousing Toreador song.

Antonello Manacorda and Emmanuelle Villaume conduct an exciting international cast, with Aigul Akhmetshina and Vasilisa Berzhanskaya sharing the title role of Carmen.

Carmen is playing at the Royal Opera House in London from 5 April to 31 May 2024.

Carmen declares that any man she loves should beware. However, even she is unprepared for what will happen when she decides to seduce Don José, an army corporal who initially appears uninterested in her charms. Don José soon abandons his sweetheart Micaëla and his army job for Carmen, and joins her and her smuggler friends in the mountains.

But Carmen quickly wearies of Don José’s possessiveness. When she turns her attentions to the dashing toreador Escamillo, Don José’s jealousy erupts into violence.

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Who is in the cast of Carmen - Royal Opera House?

Starring Aigul Akhmetshina and Vasilisa Berzhanskaya sharing the title role of Carmen.

Conducted by Antonello Manacorda and Emmanuelle Villaume

 

Who are the creative team of Carmen - Royal Opera House?

Music by Georges Bizet, Libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy

Directed by Damiano Michieletto, Set design by Paolo Fantin, Costume design by Carla Teti, Lighting design by Alessandro Carletti, Dramaturg Elisa Zaninott

Important Notes

Language:

Sung in French with English surtitles

Venue Information

Royal Opera House , Bow Street, London, WC2E 9DD

Nearest Tube or Train: Covent Garden (Piccadilly line), Leicester Square (Piccadilly line, Northern line)

Nearest Buses: 1, 4, 6, 9, 11, 13, 15, 23, 26, 68, 76, 77a, 91, 168, 171, 176, 188, 501(southbound only), 505, 521, X68 all go to the Aldwych.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Carmen - Royal Opera House is playing at the Royal Opera House in London
The running time of Carmen - Royal Opera House is 3 hours 10 minutes (including interval)
The age recommendations for Carmen - Royal Opera House are: 8+
Yes, Carmen - Royal Opera House has matinee performances on the following days:
No, sorry, Carmen - Royal Opera House has now completed its run and is no longer on sale.

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