The Carmen Case - Bordeaux Opera house (2024) - The Carmen Case - Opéra National de Bordeaux (2024)

Description

"Carmen has just been murdered. Her ex-companion José ends up confessing to the facts... This femicide of rare violence divides public opinion, at the moment when the hearing officially opens. The Carmen Case is a closed-door show where the prosecutor, the victim, the accused, the defense and the witnesses present the facts, respond to the accusations, contest the defamations... All to music. Based on the famous opera by Georges Bizet, Alexandra Lacroix and the composer Diana Soh engage in an astonishing form of contemporary historical fiction which shows that the Carmen affair is never closed..."

More information is available on the official website of the opera house.