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Carmen

"Carmen" returns to the Ancient Theatre with a premiere production directed by Ursula Horner. The leading roles feature the fiery Serbian mezzo-soprano Ljubica Vranjes, the Portuguese tenor Carlos Cardoso, who has a successful career on the European stage, and the Polish bass Daniel Miroslaw, with performances at prestigious opera festivals in Florence and Glyndebourne, England.

Details

Duration 160 Minutes

Language French

Subtitles Bulgarian

The production was previously presented on a closed stage, but now it unfolds in its full scope at the Ancient Theatre. A key element of the set design is a 10-meter fallen bull’s horn—a symbol of passion, admiration, love, and death. “Carmen embodies all the clichés associated with Romani women. She is wild and fearless, nonconformist, constantly in conflict with the law, and lives exclusively in the present. Yet her name implies a dark shadow over her. Besides the Latin meaning of 'carmen' (poetry, song, magical formula), the word 'karma' is also hidden within. Originating from the ancient Indian language Sanskrit, it means 'action' or 'effect.' Every physical or mental act has a consequence,” Horner explains. The production is under the baton of Maestro Bojan Suđić, who has been the musical director of the Music Production Department of Radio Television of Serbia (RTS) for over a decade and the chief conductor of its two renowned ensembles—the RTS Symphony Orchestra and the RTS Choir.

Watch the video about the making of the performance HERE.

Creative Team

Bojan Sudjic

Conductor

Ursula Horner

Director

Maria Veteroska

Set designer

Maria Pupuchevska

Costume designer

Vasko Lesichov

Lighting designer

Dragomir Yosifov

Choir conductor

Balazs Schwartz

Concertmaster

Snezhina Zdravkova

Language coach

Cast

guest

Ljubica Vranes

Carmen

guest

Carlos Cardoso

Don Jose

guest

Daniel Miroslav

Escamillo

Evgenia Ralcheva

Micaela

Evgeniy Arabadjiev

Zuniga

Nikolay Bachev

Morales

Mariya Anastasova

Frasquita

Vivien Georgiev

Mercedes

Momchil Karaivanov

Dancairo

Mark Fowler

Remendado

Featuring

Choir

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Orchestra

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Ballet

Opera Plovdiv

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Bizet

Carmen

Details

Creative Team

Bojan Sudjic

Conductor

Ursula Horner

Director

Maria Veteroska

Set designer

Maria Pupuchevska

Costume designer

Vasko Lesichov

Lighting designer

Dragomir Yosifov

Choir conductor

Balazs Schwartz

Concertmaster

Snezhina Zdravkova

Language coach

Cast

Ljubica Vranes

Carmen

Carlos Cardoso

Don Jose

Daniel Miroslav

Escamillo

Evgenia Ralcheva

Micaela

Evgeniy Arabadjiev

Zuniga

Nikolay Bachev

Morales

Mariya Anastasova

Frasquita

Vivien Georgiev

Mercedes

Momchil Karaivanov

Dancairo

Mark Fowler

Remendado

Featuring

Choir

Opera Plovdiv

Orchestra

Opera Plovdiv

Ballet

Opera Plovdiv

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