Welcome to the final production of our digital season, Carmen: Up Close and Personal.
On behalf of everyone at Vancouver Opera, thank you for your support and enthusiasm of our Share the result with you, our most valued patrons. Vancouver Opera was blessed this season to be able to create opera through the cinematic lens and We could not have done this season without the support we have received from the Canada Council for the Arts, Canadian Heritage, BC Arts Council and the City of Vancouver Cultural Services. Production is the fruit of their passionate labour. Faris Young Artists, who have worked hard this season, this Bringing together members of the Vancouver Opera Orchestra with our Yulanda M. This pared-down version of Bizet’s classic shines a spotlight on the four main characters, their emotions and the gripping drama of Carmen. This innovative adaptation was conceptualized by the amazing creative duo of Stage Director, Brenna Corner and Maestro Leslie Dala.
His melodies evoked the colour and culture of Andalusian Spain.We are pleased to welcome you to our final digital production of the season, Carmen: Up Close and Personal. Wagner, Tchaikovsky and Brahms all praised the work, with Wagner saying “Here, thank God, at last for a change is somebody with ideas in his head.”Ĭarmen is now credited as a forerunner of the "verismo" movement, where opera composers portrayed normal (read - middle or lower class) people in a realistic style.
But after Bizet's sudden death, Carmen was revived in Vienna, then Brussels, then London, and hailed a success. It played to half-empty houses that year. The reception began warmly but was "glacial" by the final act, according to the librettist. Nevertheless, Carmen premiered on March 3, 1875, which a who's who of composers in the audience. The orchestra and the Chorus complained the score was unplayable and unsingable in parts. Two years later, the opera house changed hands and Carmen started production-but even then, things didn’t go smoothly. Bizet began composing a score for Mérimée's short story Carmen, working with the renowned librettist duo Meilhac and Halévy. But the family-friendly opera house baulked at the risqué story, and stopped Bizet in his tracks. The unlucky composer finally had a commission in hand: a full-length opera for the Opéra-Comique.
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