Georges Bizet

In Cooperation with the Tel-Aviv-Yaffo Municipality

Libretto: Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy after a novella by Prosper Mérimée

First Performance: "Opera Comique", Paris, March 3, 1875

First Peformance at the Israeli Opera: October 5, 1995

First Performance of this production: May 25, 2009

Conductor		David Stern
Revival Director		Gad Schechter
Set Adaptation & Design		Nitzan Refaeli
Lighting Designer		Eyal Tavori
Choreographer		Neta Shezaf
Fighting Coach		Barak Gonen

Soloists
Carmen		Rinat Shaham
Don Jose		Scott Piper
Escamillo		Vladimir Braun
Micaela		Noa Danon
Frasquita		Hila Baggio
Mercedes		Shira Raz
Zuniga		Andrei Trifonov
Morales		Yair Goren

The Israeli Opera Choir

Conductor: Yishai Steckler

The Young Bat-Kol Chior

Conductor: Dalia Lazar-Shimon

Conductor & Music Director: Anat Morag

The Opera Orchestra - The Israel Symphony Orchestra Rishon LeZion

The Neta Shezaf Flamenco Dance Theatre

Sung in French

Surtitles in Hebrew

Surtitles: Israel Ouval

Length of performance: approx. an hour and 45 minuets

This production based on Franco Zaffirelli's production at the Metropolitan Opera, New - York.

The Municipality of Tel Aviv Yafo and the Israeli Opera continue the annual summer open air opera in the park tradition in Ganei Yehoshua. This summe'rs presentation is one of the most popular operas in the repertoire -Carmen by Bizet in a coolrful and extravagant production featrirng the free spirited gypsy Carmen who runs aways from prison, falls in love with the Toreador and gets killed by her former lover. A larger than life open air production.

Synopsis

Date

Thur 29.7.10 21:00

Ganei Yehoshua (Park Hayarkon) in Tel Aviv

Audience Entrance at 19:00

Admission Free