Damiano Michieletto’s searing production returns, casting a new light on the lust, violence and passion of Bizet’s ever-popular opera.

Following its premiere in the 2023/24 Season, Damiano Michieletto’s 'simmering, naturalistic’ (Guardian) staging returns to the Main Stage. Mark Elder, Christopher Willis and Ariane Matiakh conduct two casts headlined by Olivier Award-nominated Aigul Akhmetshina and Anna Goryachova as the impassioned Carmen and Freddie De Tommaso and Charles Castronovo as her jealous lover Don José.

Creatives

Director - Damiano Michieletto
Set designer - Paolo Fantin
Costume designer - Carla Teti
Lighting designer - Alessandro Carletti
Dramaturg - Elisa Zaninotto

Cast

Carmen - Anna Goryachova
Don José - Charles Castronovo
Micaëla - Selene Zanetti
Escamillo - Christian Van Horn
Zuniga - Jamie Woollard
Frasquita - Alison Langer
Mercédès - Veena Akama-Makia
Dancaïro - Siphe Kwani
Remendado - Ryan Vaughan Davies
Moralès - Grisha Martirosyan
Bohemian - Dawid Kimberg
Marchande d'oranges - Louise Armit