Name: Carmen
Start: 2021-10-08T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2021-10-08T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Buryat Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre

Organization

Stage director

Yuri Laptev

Costume designer

Sergei Spevyakin

Singer

Mezzo-soprano

Olga Zhigmitova

Carmen

Tenor

Mikhail Pirogov

Don José

Baritone

Munkhzul Namkhai

Escamillo

Bass

Eduard Zhagbaev

Zuniga

Galsan Vandanov

Morales

Chingis Ivanov

Remendado

Evgeny Ostrovsky

Dancaire

Natalia Yurgina

Mercedes

Conductor

Leonid Korchmar

Set designer

Choreographer

Vladimir Romanovsky

Chorus master

Valery Volchanetsky

Buryat Academic Opera and Ballet Theater

Ulan-Ude

Russia

Buryat Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre

Carmen Bizet

Public

Approved

Accordionist

Instrumentalist

Archlutenist

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Bassist

Bassoonist

Cellist

Clarinetist

Contrabassist

Cornettist

Flutist

Guitarist

Harper

Harpsichordist

Hornist

Lutenist

Mandoline Player

Musette de cour Player

Oboist

Organist

Percussionist

Pianist

Recorder Player

Saxophonist

Tenor Violinist

Theorbist

Timpani

Trombonist

Trumpeter

Tuba Player

Vibraphonist

Viola Pomposa Player

Viola da gamba

Viola d’amore Player

Violinist

Violino Piccolo Player

Violist

Actor

Broadcasting

Choir

Chorus Director

Composer

Dancer

Dramaturge

Executive producer

Extra

Hairstylist

Illustrator

Librettist

Lighting designer

Makeup artist

Orchestra

Orchestra Operations

Other

Photographer

Poet

Repetiteur

Sound designer

Stage Manager

Teacher

Translator

Video designer

Vocal coach

Wig & Makeup Designer

Writer

Writing and performance

Countertenor

Contralto

Soprano

Bass-baritone

Alto

Child vocalist

Continuo

Silent

Spoken

Carmen is one of the masterpieces of operatic art. Music, full of life and light, vividly affirms the freedom of the human person. The dramatism of clashes and conflicts is deeply truthful. The heroes of the opera are depicted juicy, temperamentally, in all the psychological complexity of the characters. With great skill, the national Spanish flavor and the setting of the drama are recreated. The strength of Carmen's optimism lies in the inseparable inner connection between the heroes and the people.

Georges Bizet began working on Carmen in 1874, taking the plot from the short story of the same name by the French writer Prosper Mérimée. Together with the librettists Melyak and Halevi, he managed to create a stage work filled with bright and lively images. Whether it's Jose, shown "simple, honest, but quick-tempered and weak." Or the courageous bullfighter Escamillo, or Jose's bride - gentle and affectionate Michaela. Or the main character Carmen, the embodiment of not only female beauty, love of freedom, but also charm.

One of the first to appreciate the music of "Carmen" was P.I. Tchaikovsky. “Bizet’s opera,” he wrote, “is a masterpiece, one of those few things that are destined to reflect the musical aspirations of an entire era to the strongest degree. In ten years, Carmen will be the most popular opera in the world.” These words turned out to be prophetic.

Buryat audience first heard "Carmen" in 1949 directed by Gombo Tsydynzhapov. The history of the brilliant opera, which has been staged more than once in our theater, knows many wonderful names of performers of the title roles. One of them is People's Artist of the USSR Dugarzhap Dashiev, who shone as Jose together with Olga Ayurova, Honored Artist of Russia, laureate of the All-Union Glinka Competition, as Carmen for more than one season.

English

Carmen by Bizet, From (2021/2021), Directed by Yuri Laptev,, Conductor Leonid Korchmar, Buryat Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre, Ulan-Ude, Russia

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Crew

Programme, About & Synopsis

Photos

Further reading

Performance Dates & Venues

Venues