Arrangement from Thursday 1st to Monday 5 August 2024,
4 nights
Tristan und Isolde - R. Wagner, the 2, 15h
Robin Ticciati - Nikolaus Lehnhoff
Miina-Liisa Värelä, Karen Cargill, Stuart Skelton, Samuel Sakker, Shenyang, Franz-Josef Selig
Glyndebourne Opera
Giulio Cesare - G. F. Händel, the 3, 16h
Laurence Cummings - David McVicar
Louise Alder, Svetlina Stoyanova, Beth Taylor, Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen
Glyndebourne Opera
Carmen is undoubtedly one of the most popular and most performed operas in the world. Its premiere in 1875 at the Opéra-Comique in Paris, however, was only a moderate success: The outrageous new realism, the brutality and vehemence in the actors’ actions, and not least the shady milieu, overwhelmed the conventional Parisian audience, which was stuck in old patterns of thought.The opera is set around 1820 in Seville, Andalusia, and is based on the novella of the same name by Prosper Merimée. The libretto was co-produced by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy (nephew of composer Jacques Fromental Halévy and also cousin of Georges Bizet’s wife). Shortly after its premiere, Carmen began its triumphal march across the world via Vienna and the rest of Europe, a triumph that continues to this day.The theme and plot of this opera inspired numerous artists to create independent works, and various (opera and dance) films as well as ballets were made. Georges Bizet (1838-1875), however, unfortunately did not live to see the triumph of his sensual and passionate masterpiece. Exactly three months to the day after the first performance, he succumbed to a fatal heart attack at the age of only 36.
Carmen♪ - G. Bizet, the 4, nouvelle production, 16h
Anja Bihlmaier - Diane Paulus
Aigul Akhmetshina, Janai Brugger, Evan Leroy Johnson, Lukasz Golinski
Glyndebourne Opera