Georges Bizet

In Cooperation with the Tel-Aviv-Yaffo Municipality

Libretto: Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy after a novella by Prosper Mérimée

First Performance: "Opera Comique", Paris, March 3, 1875

First Peformance at the Israeli Opera: October 5, 1995

First Performance of this production: May 25, 2009

This production based on Franco Zaffirelli's production at the Metropolitan Opera, New - York.

The Municipality of Tel Aviv Yafo and the Israeli Opera continue the annual summer open air opera in the park tradition in Ganei Yehoshua. This summe'rs presentation is one of the most popular operas in the repertoire -Carmen by Bizet in a coolrful and extravagant production featrirng the free spirited gypsy Carmen who runs aways from prison, falls in love with the Toreador and gets killed by her former lover. A larger than life open air production.

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Date

Thur 29.7.10 21:00