Mariinsky Theatre presents “Carmen”, an opera in four acts performed in French but will have synchronised Russian supertitles, performed on November 30, 2016.“Carmen” is the most popular work from French composer Georges Bizet. For this, his 17th and last opera, Bizet took inspiration from the popular novella by Prosper Mérimée, which had enticed French readers with exotic tales of Spain. Its heady combination of passion, sensuality and violence initially proved too much for the stage and the opera was a critical failure on its premiere in 1875. Bizet died shortly after, and never learned of the spectacular success Carmen would achieve. Popular around the world, the opera has been performed more than five hundred times at Covent Garden alone.The opera will be performed at The State Academic Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg, Russia. For more details, visit: https://www.mariinsky.ru/en/playbill/playbill/2016/11/30/2_1900/Click on the slideshow for a sneak peek at the exhibition.
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