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CANADIANS NEXT ON STAGE
Carmen Bizet
Royal Opera House
Don Quichotte Massenet
Paris Opera
La Traviata Verdi
Irish National Opera
Dublin, Ireland
La Traviata Verdi
Irish National Opera
Dublin, Ireland
Carmen BIZET
Canadian Opera Company
Toronto, ON
Text from The COC website:
OCTOBER 14, 16, 20, 22, 26, 28, 30, AND NOVEMBER 4, 2022
Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts
Performance time is approximately three hours and 20 minutes, including one 25-minute intermission
The fiercely independent Carmen becomes ensnared in a high-stakes game among garrison soldiers, smugglers, and a superstar bullfighter in Bizet’s blockbuster opera.
Our classic production transports audiences to a sun-drenched setting of bustling street scenes and outlaw hideaways, with a dramatic climax that crackles with electricity. American mezzo soprano star J’Nai Bridges—dubbed “the Beyonce of opera” by BET—makes her COC debut in the iconic titular role.
CAST AND CREATIVE TEAMS
Conductor: Jacques Lacombe
Director: Joel Ivany
Lighting Designer: Jason Hand
Original Set Designer: Michael Yeargan
Original Costume Designer: François St. Aubin
Price Family Chorus Master: Sandra Horst
Carmen: J’Nai Bridges/Rihab Chaieb
Don José: Marcelo Puente
Micaëla: Joyce El-Khoury/Anna-Sophie Neher
Escamillo: Lucas Meachem
Zuniga: Alain Coulombe
Le Remendado: Jean-Philippe Lazure
With the COC Orchestra and Chorus
A Canadian Opera Company production
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