Pittsburgh Opera's Carmen

Wow, what a woman!

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Don Jose’s life was just fine – nice girlfriend, stable career – until he arrested Carmen, stunningly beautiful and terrifying all at once. There aren’t many women who will make you throw it all away, but Carmen’s motto is “live free and die free” – and she proves it.
“If I love you, beware,” (from the Habanera), indeed.

    Saturday, March 20, 2010
    Tuesday, March 23, 2010    
    Friday, March 26, 2010 
    Sunday, March 28, 2010

Join us one hour before each performance for the Pre-Opera Talk. Free to all performance ticketholders, Pre-Opera Talks are full of insights on the opera, the composer and more!

All shows at the Benedum Center
Sung in French with English translations projected above the stage
Estimated performance time: 3 hours and 5 minutes, including two intermissions

Previews and Reviews

Pittsburgh Opera returns 'Carmen' to original form Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Mezzo, Kate Aldrich, returns to Opera as 'Carmen' Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Production drawbacks don't hold Pittsburgh Opera's 'Carmen' back
  
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

Harsh realism, tentative singing diminish 'Carmen's' luster Pittsburgh Post-Gazette


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Additional Features

Read the story of Carmen
The Cast and Artistic Team
Photos
Music and Videos

 

Cast and Artistic Team

(cast is listed in order of vocal appearance)
Moralès: Dan Kempson*
Micaëla: Yalí-Marie Williams+
Don Jose: Roger Honeywell+
Zuniga: Liam Moran*
Carmen: Kate Aldrich**
Frasquita: Shannon Kessler*
Mercédès: Katherine Drago*
Escamillo: Kelly Markgraf
Dancaïro: James Flora*
Remendado: Noah Baetge*

Kate Aldrich Roger Honeywell Kelly Markgraf Yalí-Marie Williams Maestro Antony Walker

Metropolitan Opera mezzo-soprano Kate Aldrich is “the Carmen of this generation;” Roger Honeywell and Kelly Markgraf, as Don Jose and Escamillo, fall for Carmen and suffer the tragic consequences. Yalì-Marie Williams, as gentle Micaela, is another victim of Carmen’s love affairs.

Conductor: Antony Walker
Stage Director: Eric Einhorn
Composer: George Bizet
Librettist: Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy
Set Designer: Allen Charles Klein
Costume Designer: James Schuette
Lighting Designer: Andrew Ostrowski
Hair & Makeup Designer: James Geier
Choreographer: Peter Kope and Michele de la Reza of Attack Theatre
Assistant Conductor: Glenn Lewis
Principal Coach: Glenn Lewis
Chorus Master: Mark Trawka
Accompanist: James Lesniak
Stage Manager: Christine Schott
Assistant Stage Director: TBA

+ Pittsburgh Opera Debut
* Pittsburgh Opera Resident Artist
** Alumnus of the Pittsburgh Opera Resident Artist program
 

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Photo Shoot

Photo Credit: Pittsburgh Opera

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Production Photos

Photo Credit: David Bachman

Pittsburgh Opera’s 2010 production of Carmen
Dan Kempson as Moralès and Yalí-Marie Williams as Micaëla
Pittsburgh Opera’s 2010 production of Carmen
The children pretend to be soliders
Pittsburgh Opera’s 2010 production of Carmen
The cigarette girls flirt with the men outside the factory
Pittsburgh Opera’s 2010 production of Carmen
Liam Moran as Zuniga with the Pittsburgh Opera chorus women
Pittsburgh Opera’s 2010 production of Carmen
The cast of Carmen
Pittsburgh Opera’s 2010 production of Carmen
Kate Aldrich as Carmen and Kelly Markgraf as Escamillo
Pittsburgh Opera’s 2010 production of Carmen
Shannon Kessler Dooley, Katherine Drago, Kate Aldrich, James Flora and Noah Baetge
Pittsburgh Opera’s 2010 production of Carmen
Kate Aldrich as Carmen and Roger Honeywell as Don Jose
Pittsburgh Opera’s 2010 production of Carmen
Kate Aldrich as Carmen and Roger Honeywell as Don Jose
Pittsburgh Opera’s 2010 production of Carmen
The Carmen chorus
Pittsburgh Opera’s 2010 production of Carmen
Kate Aldrich as Carmen and Roger Honeywell as Don Jose
Pittsburgh Opera’s 2010 production of Carmen
Kate Aldrich as Carmen

 


Music From Carmen

Click to hear music from Carmen
Près des remparts de Séville -
Tatiana Troyanos as Carmen
La fleur que tu m’avais jetée - Placido Domingo as Don José  

 

Videos from Carmen

Click to watch a video from Carmen

 New videos coming soon!

Meet the Artists

If you missed it the first time or just want to relive the entertainment, check out these videos from the Tuesday, March 23 Carmen Meet the Artists reception.

 Kate Aldrich  Shannon Kessler Dooley
 Roger Honeywell  Liam Moran
 Kelly Markgraf  James Flora
 Yalí-Marie Williams  Noah Baetge
 Katherine Drago  Dan Kempson
Maestro Antony Walker  

 

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