Volksfeststimmung: Calixto Bieitos Carmen an der Wiener Staatsoper

Eve-Maud Hubeaux (Carmen)

Ilja Kazakov (Zuniga), Eve-Maud Hubeaux (Carmen) und David Butt Philip (Don José)

Anna Bondarenko (Micaëla)

Erwin Schrott (Escamillo)

Eve-Maud Hubeaux (Carmen) und David Butt Philip (Don José)

By Snapdragon, 25 April 2023

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“Hubeaux genießt die Vielseitigkeit der musikalischen Sprache von Habanera bis spöttischem Trallala”

Reviewed at Wiener Staatsoper, Vienna on 22 April 2023

Bizet, Carmen

Vienna State Opera

Alexander Soddy, Conductor

Calixto Bieito, Director

Alfons Flores, Set Designer

Mercè Paloma, Costume Designer

Alberto Rodríguez Vega, Lighting Designer

Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera

Concert Association Vienna State Opera Chorus

Ève-Maud Hubeaux, Carmen

David Butt Philip, Don José

Erwin Schrott, Escamillo

Anna Bondarenko, Micaëla

Ileana Tonca, Frasquita

Isabel Signoret, Mercédès

Carlos Osuna, Le Remendado

Michael Arivony, Le Dancaïre

Stefan Astakhov, Moralès

Ilja Kazakov, Zuniga

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***11

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*****

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Snapdragon

Snapdragon is an experienced concert- and opera-goer in Vienna and other music metropoles. Musical emphases include opera (especially Baroque opera) and piano music. As an Austrian native, Snapdragon can’t resist an operetta every now and then.