| Friday 17 October 2025 | 20:00 |
| Sunday 19 October 2025 | 14:00 |
| Wednesday 22 October 2025 | 19:30 |
| Saturday 25 October 2025 | 19:30 |
| Sunday 26 October 2025 | 14:00 |
| Bizet, Georges (1838-1875) | Carmen | Libretto by Henri Meilhac, Ludovic Halévy |
| Dallas Opera | ||
| Emmanuel Villaume | Conductor | |
| Romain Gilbert | Director | |
| Antoine Fontaine | Set Designer | |
| Christian Lacroix | Costume Designer | |
| Dallas Opera Orchestra | ||
| Dallas Opera Chorus | ||
| Paolo Bressan | Choirmaster / chorus director | |
| Vincent Chaillet | Choreography | |
| Marina Viotti | Mezzo-soprano | Carmen |
| Saimir Pirgu | Tenor | Don José |
| Teresa Perrotta | Soprano | Micaëla |
| Gihoon Kim | Baritone | Escamillo |
| Diana Newman | Soprano | Frasquita |
| Kristen Choi | Mezzo-soprano | Mercédès |
| Matthew Goodheart | Tenor | Le Remendado |
| Kyle Miller | Baritone | Le Dancaïre |
| Laureano Quant | Bass | Zuniga |
| Eleomar Cuello | Baritone | Moralès |
Following the rediscovery of the first version of Gounod’s Faust (2018) and the original version of Offenbach’s La Vie parisienne (2021), the Palazzetto Bru Zane and its partners present a restoration – this time in visual terms – of another great French Romantic opera: Bizet’s Carmen, with the costumes, sets and staging of the 1875 premiere. Combining vivid tableaux and a first-rate cast, this revival of the famous opera with its original mise-en-scène is presented for the third season.
“It is not that what is commonly called ‘melody’ is lacking; indeed, it abounds; but it does not reveal itself, in all its nudity, to the first person who comes along; and often its charms and harmonious lines have to be discovered beneath the rich fabric with which the composer adorns it.”
(Armand Gouzien, L'Événement, 6 March 1875.)
