Carmen

Carmen is an opera by Georges Bizet based on an 1845 novella by French dramatist Prosper Mérimée. The title character, a wild Spanish gypsy, is unscrupulous in matters of the law and of the heart.

The opening scene is set in the 1830s in Seville, Spain. Carmen attracts everyone’s attention, but soldier Don José pretends not to notice her. The flirtatious Carmen throws him a flower. He intends to throw it away, but hides it when his girlfriend, Micaëla, arrives. A knife fight breaks out between Carmen and another woman, and José is ordered to arrest Carmen. Thinking fast, Carmen seduces José and escapes, which results in José’s arrest for breach of duty.

A month later, Carmen and her friends are entertaining soldiers in a tavern. A famous bullfighter, Escamillo, arrives. He flirts with Carmen, who rebuffs him because she is waiting for José to be released from jail. When José arrives, Carmen rewards him with an erotic dance. As he prepares to return to the barracks for the night, she taunts him, saying that if he really loved her, he would run off with her. José protests and shows her that he has saved the flower she gave him as a sign of true love. At that moment, Jose’s lieutenant returns to arrest Carmen. The men fight and are separated by Carmen’s gang of smugglers. Because José has attacked a superior officer, he has no choice but to run away with Carmen and the smugglers to the mountains.

In the mountains, Carmen bores of José and advises him to go home to his mother. Escamillo arrives and invites everyone to his next bullfight before he leaves. The closing act depicts Escamillo’s bullfight. Carmen is on Escamillo’s arm, but she runs into José outside the arena. José begs Carmen to come away with him, but she refuses, saying that she was born free and will die free. In a jealous rage, José stabs her to death while the crowd inside the arena cheers Escamillo to victory.

SHOW DETAILS

Presented by KL City Opera

Date & Time
8, 11, 12, 14, 15 Oct 2022 8:00pm
9 Oct 2022 3:00pm

Venue: Pentas 1

Tickets
Category 1 RM168
Category 2 RM158
Category 3 RM148

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THE TEAM
Conductor: Yap Ling
Stage Director : Amelia Tan
Choreographer: Kenny Shim

8, 11, 14 October 2022
Samantha Chong, Yap Jin Hin, Shawn Liew, Jane Soong

9, 12, 15 October 2022
YiLing Chaing, Tan Chee Shen, Chi Hoe Mak, Sandy Cheng

Performers:
Carmen, A Gypsy Girl | Mezzo-soprano | Samantha Chong / Chaing YiLing
Don José, Corporal of Dragoons | Tenor | Yap Jin Hin / Tan Chee Shen
Escamillo, Toreador | Bass-baritone | Shawn Liew / Chi Hoe Mak
Micaëla, A Village Maiden | Soprano | Jane Soong / Sandy Cheng
Zuniga, Lieutenant of Dragoons | Bass | Dennis Lau
Moralès, Corporal of Dragoons | Baritone | Joseph Ng
Frasquita, Companion of Carmen | Soprano | Saori Suzuki
Mercédès, Companion of Carmen | Mezzo-soprano | Lim Yee Fen
Le Dancaïre, smuggler | Baritone | Wilson Loh
Le Remendado, smuggler | Tenor | Heo Yueh Ren

KL City Opera Orchestra & Chorus
Kuala Lumpur Children Choir & Children from the Opera For Kids Program
Dancers from Kenny Shim Dance Collective