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FULL CARMEN Perth 2023 Ashlyn Tymms, Paul O’Neill, José Carbó, Prudence Sanders
Information on the Performance
- Work Title: Carmen
- Composer: Bizet Georges
- Libretto: Henri Meilhac, Ludovic Halévy Libretto Text, Libretto Index
- Venue & Opera Company: WACA Ground, East Perth, Australia, West Australian Opera
- Recorded: February 26, 2023
- Type: Staged Opera Live
- Singers: Ashlyn Tymms, Paul O'Neill, José Carbó, Prudence Sanders, Emma Pettemerides, Brigitte Heuser, Lachlann Lawton, Jake Bigwood, Mark Alderson, Matt Reuben, James Ward, Callen Dellar
- Conductor: Dane Lam
- Orchestra: WASO West Australian Symphony Orchestra
- Chorus: WAO Chorus, WAO Children's Chorus
- Chorus Master: Hugh Lydon
- Stage Director: Stuart Maunder
- Stage Designer: Sean McKernan
- Costume Designer:
Information about the Recording
- Published by: australiandigitalconcerthall
- Date Published: 2023
- Format: Streaming
- Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
- Subtitles: nosubs
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
In a large scale outdoor arena spectacular, Bizet’s indisputable masterpiece Carmen is staged with all the trimmings, performed by over 150 singers and musicians. The historic cricket ground, the scene of many epic conflicts, plays host to the loves, betrayals, celebrations and tragedies of one of opera’s greatest stories.
Carmen is a bold, daring, working class woman, living life as a free spirit. She sets her sights on Escamillo, inciting jealousy in her powerful lover Don José. Hatching a plan to end this epic love triangle and gain her freedom, will the fiery Carmen outsmart Don José or will her betrayal lead to shocking consequences?
Australia’s finest singers bring this memorable story to life through arias such as the famous Habanera and the Toreador’s Song with tremendous local talent from the West Australian Opera Chorus, the WAO Children’s Chorus featuring the next generation of rising stars and the full might of the West Australian Symphony Orchestra.