Carmen
16 May – 17 June & 1 – 24 August 2024
Passion ignites when Don José meets the fiercely independent Carmen, but she won’t give up her freedom without a fight.
The energy and emotion of Bizet’s score collide with urgent, raw choreography in this visceral new production.
Sung in French with English supertitles.
Public booking opens in March 2024 – sign up for updates
Dates
Thursday 16 May
Sunday 19 May
Thursday 23 May
Sunday 26 May
Thursday 30 May
Sunday 2 June
Friday 7 June
Monday 10 June
Thursday 13 June
Saturday 15 June
Monday 17 June
Thursday 1 August
Sunday 4 August
Wednesday 7 August
Friday 9 August
Monday 12 August
Thursday 15 August
Saturday 17 August
Tuesday 20 August
Thursday 22 August
Saturday 24 August
Creative team
Conductor
Robin Ticciati (16 May – 17 June)
Anja Bihlmaier (1 – 24 August)
Director
Diane Paulus
Set Designer
Riccardo Hernández
Costume Designer
Evie Gurney
Lighting Designer
Malcolm Rippeth
Choreographer
Jasmin Vardimon
London Philharmonic Orchestra
The Glyndebourne Chorus
Chorus Director Aidan Oliver
Associate Director
Laura Attridge
Assistant Director
Adam Torrance
Senior Coach
Steven Maughan
Repetiteurs
Matthew Fletcher
Ben-San Lau
Language Coach
Florence Daguerre de Hureaux
Cast includes
Moralès
Alex Otterburn (16 May – 17 June)
Thomas Mole (1 – 24 August)
Micaëla
Sofia Fomina (16 May – 17 June)
Janai Brugger (1 – 24 August)
Don José
Dmytro Popov (16 May – 17 June)
Evan Leroy Johnson (1 – 24 August)
Zuniga
Dingle Yandell
Carmen
Rihab Chaieb (16 May – 17 June)
Aigul Akhmetshina (1 – 24 August)
Frasquita
Elisabeth Boudreault
Mércèdes
Kezia Bienek
Escamillo
Dmitry Cheblykov (16 May – 17 June)
Łukasz Goliński (1 – 24 August)
Le Dancaïre
Loïc Félix
Le Remendado
François Piolino
Performance timings
Timings are subject to change.
*Restaurants open
16, 23, 30 May
7, 10, 13, 15, 17 June
1 August
Gardens open: 3.00pm
Opera starts: 5.00pm
Interval (20 mins): 5.55pm
Opera resumes: 6.15pm
Interval (90 mins)*: 7.00pm
Opera resumes: 8.30pm
Opera ends: 9.35pm
19, 26 May
2 June
4, 7, 9, 12, 15, 17, 20, 22, 24 August
Gardens open: 2.00pm
Opera starts: 4.00pm
Interval (20 mins): 4.55pm
Opera resumes: 5.15pm
Interval (90 mins)*: 6.00pm
Opera resumes: 7.30pm
Opera ends: 8.35pm
For recommended trains and coach timings visit our how to get here page.
To find out more about production support for Festival 2024 click here
or contact our Director of Development, Helen McCarthy for an informal chat:
call 01273 815 032 or email helen.mccarthy@glyndebourne.com
Main image: Photography by Charles Stanislaw Graham/Thursday’s Child. Art direction & design by Ollie Winser