Opera Carmen

CARMEN • March 28, 2023 • Festival di Carnevale del Maggio

Carmen from March 28 to April 16, 2023

Georges Bizet’s opera Carmen will be performed at the Teatro Maggio Musicale Fiorentino in Florence from March 28 to April 16.

Carmen was composed in four acts by Georges Bizet . The libretto was written by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy. The story is based on the novella Carmen by Prosper Mérimée
The opera Carmen premiered in Paris in 1875 without much success. Georges Bizet did not live to see his international breakthrough, as 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 opera tells a dark story of violent and morbid love. The action of the opera Carmen takes place in Andalusia, mainly in Seville. It’s about seduction and love, about jealousy and dashed hope. Carmen is a sensual and strong-willed gypsy living out her love. The guard Don José falls madly in love with 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 dispute 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, who loves him back. This turns the jealous Don José from a passionate lover into a brutal murderer who ends up stabbing his beloved Carmen to death.
Experience George Bizet’s opera Carmen at the new Teatro Maggio Musicale Fiorentino in Florence. Our exclusive music tour includes tickets for the performance, two or more nights in a hotel of your chosen category in Florence and, in our Superior Package, a private city tour, an exclusive gourmet dinner and an aperitif with a light meal before the performance.

Conductor • Zubin Mehta
Director and sets • Piero Faggioni
Chorus, Children choir of the Academy and Orchestra of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Chorus and Children choir of the Academy master • Lorenzo Fratini

CAST

Carmen • Clémentine Margaine
Don Josè • Francesco Meli
Escamillo • Mattia Olivieri
Micaëla • Valentina Naforniță

Performances “Carmen” at the Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino 2023

• March 28, 2023
• April 6, 2023
• April 11, 2023
• April 14, 2023
• April 16, 2023

Services and Prices

The price of the opera package depends on the selected hotel and the seats in the Florence Opera House. 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 Florence.

Tickets for the opera “Carmen” at the Opera Florence

Choose a date for the opera CARMEN and find your ticket and hotel with our music travel packages to Italy. Enjoy a top music event at Teatro del Maggio Florence. With your package, you get two nights in a selected hotel in Florence and premium tickets for the opera “Carmen” at the New Florence Opera House.

On request, we can organize other private visits with the Uffizi or other museums in Florence, wine tasting tours, day trips to the cultural Tuscan cities of Lucca  , Siena , Volterra , San Gimignano 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.