La tragédie de Carmen includes elements of the Georges Bizet opera as well as the original Prosper Mérimée novella on which Bizet’s opera was based. Brook adapted the script with academy award-winning screenwriter Jean-Claude Carrière, re-examining it from a new perspective. The original score was adapted for a chamber orchestra by Marius Constant and the show premiered in Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord, Paris in November 1981.
The director and desginer team then added a brechtian element to bring out themes around female stereotyping and the male gaze.
Creative Team
Iwan Davies Conductor
Katharina Kastening Director
Bettina John Designer
Cast
Niamh O’Sullivan Carmen
Elgan Llŷr Thomas Don José
Steffan Lloyd Owen Escamillo
Erin Rossington Micaëla
Cameron Cook Zunig, Lillas Pastia and Garcia
Photographs by Genevieve Girling