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Carmen BIZET
Saskatoon Opera
SK
Text from Saskatoon Opera’s website:
SUNG IN FRENCH WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES
Saskatoon Opera presents Georges Bizet’s beloved masterpiece Carmen, the story of the sensual Carmen and her ardent young admirer, Don Jose. Carmen is not one to be tied down to one man, and values above all else her freedom. She soon leaves Don Jose to be with the toreador Escamillo. Don Jose confronts her in one of the most gripping finales in operatic history. Set in Spain in the 2000s, Saskatoon Opera’s production provides a modern look at Carmen.
Artistic Team
Director – Anna Theodosakis
Conductor – Maria Fuller
Répétiteur – Kerry Agnew
Set Designer – Evgenia Mikhaylova
Costume Designer – Miranda Hughes-McKnight
Lighting Designer – Ian McClellan
Chorus Master – Dr. Jennifer Lang
Fight Director – Erin Brophy
Saskatoon Children’s Choir Director – Pheobe Voigts
Crew
Stage Manager – Shelby Lyn Lowe
Surtitle Operator – London Boothman
Cast
Carmen – Simona Genga
Don José – Ian Cleary
Escamillo – Luka Kawabata
Micaëla – Danika Lorén
Frasquita – Jardena Gertler-Jaffe
Mercedes – Oli Guselle
Don Cairo/Morales – Geoffrey Schellenberg
Remendado – Kieran Foss
Zuniga – Chris Kelly
Saskatoon Opera Chorus
Saskatoon Children’s Choir
Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra