Carmen - behind the scenes at the Royal Opera House

The Spanish heat and gypsy passion of Carmen take to the stage as The Royal Opera presents the first revival of Francesca Zambello's vibrant production with Tanya McCallin's richly coloured designs. It's a great stage recreation of the sun-drenched and sultry world of 19th-century Spain, with its ranks of soldiers and crowds of peasants, its gypsies and bullfighters, its spectacle and its deadly, white-hot emotions. Star tenor Marcelo Álvarez is Don José, the soldier she forces to murderous jealousy over her new affair with the bullfighter Escamillo, played by Kyle Ketelsen. It's a perfect cast to bring alive the sexy solos, rousing choruses, impassioned arias and Spanish dances of one of the most famously tuneful of all operas and one of the most enduringly popular works in the entire repertory.

A Royal Opera House production

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Music

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• royaloperahouse
• carmen
• opera
• bizet
• royal
• house

[sassylatina808]

I want to buy this. Do they sell this performance on dvd? Anna plays a great Carmen.

[1492studios]

I actually auditioned for Carmen through my chorus. Results posted on wendsday on the site... so nervous.

[zvrk2006]

Saw it yesterday!

Beautifull!

[CetnikCCCCSrbin]

Going to see Carmen in like 12 days.... CANT WAIT

[izzyyeahyeah]

i was in carmen at the ROH 2008, it was gr8

[simpsonslove]

OH MY GOD !! its my favorite opera, my god the music, the perform its just sooo passionate, to be honest this makes me cry and makes me feel a bunch of energy, wow if could be there with actors and opera singers around me, my god im an actress and im nothing compared with them, congrats to Miss Francesca Zambello from mexico city