Carmen
16 May – 17 June & 1 – 24 August 2024
Performance Dates
Passion ignites when Don José meets the fiercely independent Carmen, but she won’t give up her freedom without a fight.
The energy and emotion of Bizet’s score collide with urgent, raw choreography in this visceral new production.
Sung in French with English supertitles.
Creative team
Conductor
Robin Ticciati (16 May – 17 June)
Anja Bihlmaier (1 – 24 August)
Director
Diane Paulus
Set Designer
Riccardo Hernández
Costume Designer
Evie Gurney
Lighting Designer
Malcolm Rippeth
Choreographer
Jasmin Vardimon
Fight Director
Bret Yount
London Philharmonic Orchestra
The Glyndebourne Chorus
Chorus Director Aidan Oliver
Associate Director
Laura Attridge
Assistant Director
Adam Torrance
Intimacy Director
Hannah Rose Goalstone
Assistant Conductors
Jack Ridley (16 May – 17 June)
Christopher White (1 – 24 August)
Senior Coach
Steven Maughan
Repetiteurs
Matthew Fletcher
Ben-San Lau
Language Coach
Florence Daguerre de Hureaux
Assistant Chorus Director
Avishka Edirisinghe
Cast includes
Carmen
Rihab Chaieb (16 May – 17 June)
Aigul Akhmetshina (1 – 24 August)
Don José
Dmytro Popov (16 May – 17 June)
Evan Leroy Johnson (1 – 24 August)
Escamillo
Dmitry Cheblykov (16 May – 17 June)
Łukasz Goliński (1 – 24 August)
Micaëla
Sofia Fomina (16 May – 17 June)
Janai Brugger (1 – 24 August)
Zuniga
Dingle Yandell
Moralès
Alex Otterburn (16 May – 17 June)
Thomas Mole (1 – 24 August)
Frasquita
Elisabeth Boudreault
Mércèdes
Kezia Bienek
Le Dancaïre
Loïc Félix
Le Remendado
François Piolino
Lillas Pastia
Esteban Lecoq
Le Guide
John Mackenzie-Lavansch
Performance timings
Timings are subject to change.
*Restaurants open
16, 23, 30 May
7, 10, 13, 15, 17 June
1 August
Gardens open: 3.00pm
Opera starts: 5.00pm
Interval (20 mins): 5.55pm
Opera resumes: 6.15pm
Interval (90 mins)*: 7.00pm
Opera resumes: 8.30pm
Opera ends: 9.35pm
19, 26 May
2 June
4, 7, 9, 12, 15, 17, 20, 22, 24 August
Gardens open: 2.00pm
Opera starts: 4.00pm
Interval (20 mins): 4.55pm
Opera resumes: 5.15pm
Interval (90 mins)*: 6.00pm
Opera resumes: 7.30pm
Opera ends: 8.35pm
For recommended trains and coach timings visit our how to get here page.
To find out more about production support for Festival 2024 click here
or contact our Director of Development, Helen McCarthy for an informal chat:
call 01273 815 032 or email helen.mccarthy@glyndebourne.com
Main image: Photography by Charles Stanislaw Graham/Thursday’s Child. Art direction & design by Ollie Winser