Event Cinema: The Royal Opera Carmen

The Royal Opera CARMEN Live in cinemas: Wednesday 1 May 2024, 6.45pm Running time 220 minutes (including one interval) Sung in French with English subtitles

Music Georges Bizet Conductor Antonello Manacorda Director Damiano Michieletto Set Designer Paolo Fantin Costume Designer Carla Teti Lighting Designer Alessandro Carletti

Carmen Aigul Akhmetshina Don José Piotr Beczala Micaëla Olga Kulchynska Escamillo Kostas Smoriginas Zuniga Blaise MalabaMoralès Grisha Martirosyan Frasquita Sarah Dufresne Mercédès Gabrielė Kupšytė Dancaïro Pierre Doyen Remendado Vincent Ordonneau Royal Opera Chorus Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Co-production with Teatro Real, Madrid and La Scala, Milan

Damiano Michieletto's sizzling new production evokes all the passion and heat of Bizet's score, which features Carmen’s sultry Habanera and the rousing Toreador song. Antonello Manacorda conducts an exciting international cast, with Aigul Akhmetshina performing the title role.