Greek National Opera
Carmen
Georges Bizet
One of the most iconic French operas, Carmen is as provocative today as when it was first performed 140 years ago. The gypsy heroine defends her freedom and her right to choose her lovers and not to be chosen by them. She poses a threat to all male-dominated societies and patriarchies which, shaken to their very foundations by her choices, have but one response: to demand her eradication. The task is undertaken by her lover, the ‘betrayed’ Don José. An unconventional plot expressed through the music of Georges Bizet which, though now incredibly popular, was equally unconventional at the time.
The realistic action and the identity of the heroine and her friends, who live on the fringes of society and its organizing structures, pose a challenge to directors. In his new production for the Greek National Opera, the British director Stephen Langridge explains: “Bizet’s Andalusia is made up, a fiction, but it nonetheless reflects our world. Overwhelming poverty is a daily reality for many millions of people, and Carmen gives them a voice. The people in this made-up world live on the fringes of society, around its desperate edges. Boundaries and poverty, freedom and slavery. It would be hard to find more topical subjects. Carmen is a story about today.”
Nikos Α. Dontas
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