The story of Carmen, a passionate Gipsy whose love can never be won for good and whose flighty life ends at the hand of a spurned lover, the soldier Don José, has captivated audiences worldwide for decades. Carmen is an opera abounding in sensuous and sultry melodies, which the stage director Jozef Bednárik has succeeded in shaping into a magnificent theatrical spectacle.

The opera is staged in French original version and Czech and English surtitles are used in the performance.

Photo: Hana Smejkalová

Duration of the performance: 2 hours and 55 minutes, 1 intermission

Orchestra, Chorus and Ballet of the National Theatre Opera

• Libretto: Henri Meilhac, Ludovic Halévy
• Musical preparation: Jiří Bělohlávek
• Conductor: Robert Jindra, Zbyněk Müller
• Stage director: Jozef Bednárik
• Sets: Vladimír Čáp
• Costumes: Ľudmila Várossová
• Chorus master: Pavel Vaněk
• Chorus master of the Kühn‘s Children‘s Choir: Jiří Chvála
• Dramaturgy: Jan Panenka

• Carmen: Kateřina Jalovcová / Václava Krejčí Housková
• Don José: Gustavo Porta / Tomáš Černý
• Escamillo: Roman Janál / Martin Bárta / Jiří Sulženko
• Micaela: Dana Burešová / Maria Kobielska
• Dancairo: Jaroslav Březina / Vladimír Doležal
• Remendado: Václav Lemberk / Josef Moravec
• Zuniga: Luděk Vele / František Zahradníček / Aleš Hendrych
• Morales: Jiří Hájek / Matěj Chadima / Petr Císař
• Frasquita: Marie Fajtová / Hana Jonášová / Lucie Silkenová
• Mercedes: Michaela Kapustová / Eliška Weissová