Georges Bizet’s opera «Carmen»

Madrid will host the legendary opera «Carmen», based on the novel by Prosper Mérimée. It became a sensation in its day because of its audacity, scandal and realism. It may have been a failure at the time, but it quickly became a worldwide success thanks to its melodies.

For a century and a half, Carmen has remained one of the most legendary productions. There are numerous adaptations of the original work. One of the restorations of the original version took place at the Opéra-Comique in Paris in the 1970s. Several passages were rewritten and something was added from scratch. However, conductor René Jacobs wanted to return to the original score of this immortal work.