Carmen (Festival d'Aix-en-Provence)

Boldly rewriting the opera’s dialogue to accommodate his concept, Mr. Tcherniakov presents “Carmen” as a large-scale role-play, a novel bit of psychotherapy for a numb modern man.

Cast

Stéphanie d'Oustrac

Carmen

Michael Fabiano

Don José

Michael Todd Simpson

Escamillo

Elsa Dreisig

Micaela

Gabrielle Philiponet

Frasquita

Virginie Verrez

Mercédès