Bizet's Opera: Carmen

Published on Dec 28, 2012

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Genre: NCPA

Dates: February 21-24, 2013

Prices: 160, 220, 280, 450, 550, 600, 680, 880

Features: The opera Carmen was the last work of Georges Bizet, it is the most popular opera on the stage in the world. From February 21st-24th, the NCPA's production of Bizet's opera Carmen will be performed at Opera House of NCPA.

BRIEF INTRODUCTION

Originated from the novel by Prosper Mérimée, the opera Carmen was completed in the autumn of 1874. Georges Bizet, through his music, told us a tragic story behind brightness, and depicted the optimistic, straightforward but wild personality of a Gipsy girl, Carmen. The opera discloses the bald-faced passions, describes the eternal confrontation between men and women, shows the ruthless but beautiful life, and proves the perpetual co-existence between love and death.

In this opera, Bizet managed to create vivid dramatic melodies with Spanish elements. Some excerpts such as Habanera, Les Toreadors and the Prelude have been highly cherished by many artists and performed again and again in the past century.

SYNOPSIS
The story begins at a plaza of Seville. Don José's fiancée Micaela goes to the posse to visit Don José, but fails to find him. At the noon break, a Gypsy girl Carmen, together with her fellow women workers of a tobacco factory, gather in the plaza. The adorable Carmen refuses all her admirers, except Don José, a young man working with the weapons at the corner. Carmen throws a flower at his face, and then slips away by the help of other girls. After the noon break, Don José picks up the flower secretly. Afterwards, Micaela and Don José meet and say sweet words, and Micaela hands a home letter to Don José. Suddenly, a riot happens at the tobacco factory - Carmen and another factory girl have a quarrel, and Carmen injures the girl with a dagger. Carmen is thrown into prison accordingly, yet she refuses to repent. Trying her best, Carmen succeeds in teasing Don José who takes charge of her. Under Don Jose's help, Carmen escapes, but Don José is demoted and detained as a consequence...

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Booking From: Friday, Dec 28, 2012

Booking Until: Monday, Feb 18, 2013

Show Time: Feb 21-24, 2013 / 7:30pm

Running Time: 2 hours 15 minutes

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