Carmen

Ticket information

• Booking Confirmation by email
• Ticket pick-up at the evening box office

This production

• Run time: 3hrs 15min, 2 intermissions
• Sung in FRENCH
• Subtitles in English, German, Italian, French, Russian, Japanese, Spanish, Chinese

Mezzo-soprano Michèle Losier leads the cast as the iconic gypsy of the title—a woman desired by every man but determined to remain true to herself. Dmytro Popov is Don José, the soldier who falls under her spell and sacrifices everything for her love, only to be cast aside when the swaggering bullfighter Escamillo (Sergey Kaydalov) piques Carmen’s interest. Maestro Andrés Orozco-Estrada is on the podium to conduct the opera’s classic score, which features one instantly recognizable melody after another.

Information regarding Covid-19

As of October 1, 2021, the attendance of an event in the Vienna State Opera for audiences 12 years of age and older is only possible if they are vaccinated or recovered (so-called: 2-G rule). The vaccines and validity periods approved in the European Union apply (full vaccination protection). Please bring appropriate proof for each visitor to the concert.

For visitors under 12 years of age, a negative test can also be presented. Visitors under 12 are required to wear a mask.

Creators

Georges Bizet (1838–1875) is best remembered for his masterpiece and final work Carmen, one of the most popular operas in today’s repertory. Born in Paris to a musical family, Bizet showed exceptional early talent and was admitted to the Paris Conservatoire before he was 10. He was a brilliant student and quickly won a succession of prizes, culminating in the Prix de Rome in 1857. During his brief career, Bizet composed about thirty operas, many of which remained unfinished.

The libretto for Carmen is by Henri Meilhac (1831–1897) and Ludovic Halévy (1834–1908) and is based on a novella by Prosper Mérimée (1803–1870), a French dramatist, historian, and archaeologist.