La Révolution de Carmen

A Revolutionary Performance of Bizet’s Opera

150 years after its premiere, OPERA2DAY presents a revolutionary production of the most beloved opera of all time: Carmen. Bizet's music sounds in all its glory during the first Dutch performance of the opera on historical instruments, performed by the beloved Flemish orchestra B'Rock. Mezzo-soprano Tania Kross takes centre stage as Carmen.

We never expected Bizet’s Carmen to be part of our plans. Dramaturgically, there seemed little to add to the tradition. However, when the Tours opera house asked us to revise this work, which celebrates its 150th anniversary in 2025, nothing could be further from the truth.

Artistic Team

Music: Georges Bizet

Libretto: Serge van Veggel & Gilles Rico (Adaptation of the original libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy)

Screenplay and direction: Serge van Veggel

Musical direction: Hernán Schvartzman

Scenography: Herbert Janse

Light design: Uri Rapaport

Sound design: Arne Bock

Technical producer: Ronald Tebra

Costumes: Mirjam Pater

Hair & make-up: Nienke Algra

Fightchoreographer: Jeroen Lopes Cardozo

Dramaturgy: Tiara Kobald

Cast

Tania Kross Carmen

Tony Boldan Jean Jose

Ana Carmen Balestra Michaëlle

Louis de Lavignere Ducourage

Kristina Bitenc Francoise

Lucie van Ree Louise

Leon van Liere Le Rafistolé

Mattijs van de Woerd Modeste

Wiebe-Pier Cnossen Le Franc Tireur

Huub Claessens Leboucher

Choir

Soprano: Mar Pino Charlez, Sara Corbey, Lisa Defeyter, Olga Grammatikopoulou, Leenke de Lege, Olha Prosolenko, Yulietta Quevedo Santos, Shanice Skinner

Tenor: Allan Raffaele, Twan van der Wolde, Juncai Zhang, n.t.b.

Bass: Joris van Baar, Jan Willem van der Hagen, Yuh Ichi Sakai, Joost van Tongeren

Participation Choir

Theaterkoor Dario Fo

Director Serge van Veggel tells about the old and the new Carmen

Tania Kross explains why she once more will sing the role of Carmen