CARMEN
Arena di Verona Piazza Bra, 1, Verona, (VR), ItalyCARMEN: Friday, July 05, 2024, 09:15 PM, Opera Festival Arena di Verona 2024 with tickets for the Summer Music Festival Verona.
Georges Bizet
The opera Carmen was composed by Georges Bizet in four acts. The libretto was written by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy. The story is based on the novella Carmen by Prosper Mérimée
Carmen premiered in Paris in 1875 without much success. Georges Bizet did not experience the international breakthrough since he died in 1875, a few months after the premiere at the age of 36.
Today Carmen is one of the most popular and most frequently performed operas in the world.At the 101st Arena di Verona Festival 2024, the latest production of Carmen will also be performed.
The opera Carmen was composed by Georges Bizet in four acts. The libretto was written by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy. The story is based on the novella Carmen by Prosper Mérimée
Carmen premiered in Paris in 1875 without much success. Georges Bizet did not experience the international breakthrough since he died in 1875, a few months after the premiere at the age of 36.
Today Carmen is one of the most popular and most frequently performed operas in the world.
The plot of the opera Carmen takes place in Andalusia, mainly in Seville.
It’s about seduction and love, jealousy and disappointed hope.
The guard Don José falls in love with the gypsy Carmen, although his mother wants him to marry the orphan Micaëla. The beautiful smuggler Carmen promises Don José hot nights of love. When Carmen has to go to prison because of a quarrel in the factory, Don José helps Carmen escape from prison and has to do it himself.
The bullfighter Escamillo is also in love with Carmen, fate takes its course and in the end, the disappointed Don José Carmen stabs to death.
Libretto • Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, based on the novella of the same title by Prosper Mérimée
Music • Georges Bizet
CARMEN: Friday, July 05, 2024, 09:15 PM, Opera Festival Arena di Verona 2024 with tickets for the Summer Music Festival Verona.
CARMEN: Saturday, July 13, 2024, 09:15 PM, Opera Festival Arena di Verona 2024 with tickets for the Summer Music Festival Verona.
CARMEN: Saturday, July 20, 2024, 09:15 PM, Opera Festival Arena di Verona 2024 with tickets for the Summer Music Festival Verona.
CARMEN: Thursday, July 25, 2024, 09:15 PM, Opera Festival Arena di Verona 2024 with tickets for the Summer Music Festival Verona.
CARMEN: Saturday, August 03, 2024, 09:00 PM, Opera Festival Arena di Verona 2024 with tickets for the Summer Music Festival Verona.
CARMEN: Thursday, August 08, 2024, 09:00 PM, Opera Festival Arena di Verona 2024 with tickets for the Summer Music Festival Verona.
CARMEN: Saturday, August 17, 2024, 09:00 PM, Opera Festival Arena di Verona 2024 with tickets for the Summer Music Festival Verona.
CARMEN: Friday, August 23, 2024, 09:00 PM, Opera Festival Arena di Verona 2024 with tickets for the Summer Music Festival Verona.
CARMEN: Saturday, September 07, 2024, 09:00 PM, Opera Festival Arena di Verona 2024 with tickets for the Summer Music Festival Verona.
The price of the opera package depends on the selected hotel and the seats in the Arena. Please specify with your request if you prefer the essential package (ticket and hotel) or the superior package with dinner, aperitif with light meal before the performance, and private city walking tour in Verona.
Choose a date for the opera and find your ticket and hotel with our music travel packages to Italy. Enjoy a top music event at Arena of Verona. With your package, you get two nights in a selected hotel in Verona and premium tickets for the opera “Carmen” at the Arena of Verona.
On request, we can organize a private tasting tour, day trips to Lake Garda with a boat trip, a day trip to the cultural cities of Mantua, Brescia, Milan and Venice or a trip through all of Italy, also with other music events at La Scala in Milan, the Teatro La Fenice Venice , the Teatro San Carlo Naples or any other of your choice.
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