Tampere Opera

Carmen 2003

The modernised Carmen premiered at the Tampere Opera in April 2003 and set Carmen in to the present time. A car bomb has exploded in Sevilla infront of the cigarette factory and the police, soldiers, factory workers as well as Carmen and don Jose are there…

Composer: Georges Bizet
Libretto: Prosper Mérimée

Set and costume design: Kimmo Viskari
Light design: Jyri Tervakangas
Choreography: Minna Vainikainen

Musical direction: Pietro Rizzo

Carmen: Marianna Tarasova
Don Jose: Jyrki Anttila
Escamillo: Juha Uusitalo
Micaela: Marian Sjölander
Dancairo: Marko Puustinen
Remendado: Jeremias Erkkilä
Mercedes: Sari Nordqvist
Frasquita: Leena Liimatainen
Zunica: Niklas Spånberg
Morales: Jaakko Kortekangas / Kai Valtonen

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