Carmen

Carmen is an opera in four acts by French composer Georges Bizet. It premiered on March 3, 1875. The opera is based on the story of a hot-blooded young corporal in the Spanish cavalry stationed near Seville, Don José, who is ordered to arrest Carmen, a young, flirtatious Gypsy woman, for assaulting a coworker. Greatly charmed by her, José allows her to escape. Carmen is an enduring story of passion, lust, jealousy, obsession, and revenge which remains one of the most popular operas in the canon today. Bizet’s Spanish-inflected score is bursting with passionate melodies and famous numbers such as Carmen’s seductive ‘Habanera’ and Escamillo’s ‘Toreador song’.

Introducing International Artists:

Dawn Padula as Carmen

Alfredo Carrillo & Michael A. Nim as Don José

Nini Wang & Verity Jo Spencer Hall as Micaëla

Misha Myznikov as Escamillo

Veronica Olson as Frasquita

Yining Peng & Katie H. Stevenson as Mercédès

Huangxing Li as El Remendado

Michael Heitmann as El Dancaïro

Jared White as Moralès

John Wagner as Zuniga

Featuring:

Flamenco Dancer Carmen Patterson, 

Puget Sound & International Performers,

Soldiers, Urchins, Cigarette Factory Women, 

Crowds at the Bullfight Arena and Nocturnal Smugglers

Executive Director/Co-Producer: Craig H. Nim

Co-Producer/Director: Pamela Casella

Conductor: A. Brian Davenport

Production Manager: Pamela Casella

Costumes: Pamela Casella

Sets: John Wagner