Carmen (Georges Bizet)

SAT 2 FEB - LIVE
SUN 3 FEB - ENCORE

Don’t miss this revival of Sir Richard Eyre’s dynamic production. Mezzo-soprano Clémentine Margaine plays opera’s ultimate seductress, while Roberto Alagna returns to the role of Don José, the good-hearted soldier in whom she unleashes an uncontrollable passion. Don José breaks the law, goes to prison, deserts the army and loses everything to be with Carmen. But the capricious gypsy soon tires of him and takes up instead with the bullfighter Escamillo—bass Alexander Vinogradov. She has ruined his life, but still Don José adores her, with a fierceness that can only lead to catastrophe. Composer Bizet died just three months after Carmen’s disastrous premiere, never knowing that his creation would become one of the most popular operas of all time.

Live Tickets: £20 full / £17 conc / £15 memb
Encore tickets: £18 full / £15 conc / £13 memb
Student Stand-by: If tickets are available, full-time students can obtain tickets for £13 half an hour before the performance
Buy tickets for 6 shows and get one of those operas free. (Offer not available online. Call our box office on 0115 952 6611 for more information)

**PLEASE NOTE THIS EVENT WILL START PROMPTLY AT THE ADVERTISED TIME**