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| Cast |
| Production - San Francisco Opera |
| Carmen sung by Hadar Halévy* / Kate Aldrich*- mezzo-soprano |
| Morales sung by Eugen Brancoveanu - baritone |
| Zuniga sung by Ricardo Herrera - bass |
| Micaela sung by Ana María Martínez / Adrienne Danrich*- soprano |
| Don Jose sung by Marco Berti* / Stuart Skelton - tenor |
| Conductor - Sebastian Lang-Lessing |
| Director - Laurie Feldman |
| Lighting - Thomas J. Munn |
| Frasquita sung by Rhoslyn Jones - lyric soprano |
| Mercedes sung by Kendall Gladen - light lyric mezzo-soprano |
| El Remendado sung by Brian Frutiger - tenor/ baritone |
| Le Dancaďre sung by Matthew O'Neill - tenor/ baritone |
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| Chorus Director - Ian Robertson |
| Tue-November 21 (7:30 pm) A-B, Fri-24 (7:30 pm)G-I, TGWE, Sat-November25 (12 pm)†R-S, Wed- 29 (7:30 pm) D-F; Sat December 2 (7:30 pm)† Z, LEADING LADIES, OOT3, Sun-3 (2:00 pm) M-O, Wed-December 6 (7:30 pm) C, BEGINNERS, TRAGIC ENDS, SET IN SAVILLE, Fri-8 December (7:30 pm)†X-Y, Sat-9 (7:30 pm) J-K †=Second Cast |
| Production Design - Jean-Pierre Ponnelle |
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| Not that this first offering of the company's summer season would ever be mistaken for a very urgent artistic undertaking. With a patchwork cast inhabiting Jean-Pierre Ponnelle's well-worn 1981 production, the current revival constitutes schedule filler of the first order. . . .As staged by Ponnelle's former assistant Grischa Asagaroff, the production indulged in a range of odd comic byplay that only impeded the piece's tragic momentum (treating the Act 2 quintet like a coy joke out of Gilbert and Sullivan, for one, seemed less than wise).
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But through it all, the participants were gradually finding their footing. And in the last two acts (separated only by a short pause for a scene change), the wrenching, murderous climax of the piece was depicted with new vocal and dramatic assurance./ Review 2001-2002 |
| Escamillo sung by Kyle Ketelsen/ Kristopher Irmiter - bass-baritone |
| San Francisco Opera was home to many Jean-Pierre Ponnelle productions, and his "Carmen" was one of his most extraordinary achievements. Striking and highly original sets, all faithful to libretto and score, are created for all four acts. Now 25 years old (commissioned for the Kurt Herbert Adler's farewell season as San Francisco Opera's general director), these sets (as well as other Ponnelle productions for which no permanent record exists) deserve to be recorded on DVDs./ Opera Warhorses |
| Libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy / Approximate Running Time: 3 hours, 40 minutes Sung in French with English Supertitles. |
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| Costume Design - Werner Juerke |
| Manuelita sung by Natasha Ramirez Leland - xx |
| Lillas Pastia sung by Michael O'Rourke - xx |
| A Guide sung by Jean-Christophe Deneve / Ariel Camperi |