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THURSDAY 30TH OCTOBER - SATURDAY 1ST NOVEMBER 2008
7.30pm
Tickets: £25.50, £20.50 & £12.50
Concessions: Children half-price with full-price adult
Passion, jealousy and the destructive power of love: ETO’s Autumn Season features opera at its most involving.
La tragédie de Carmen
Thursday 30th October & Saturday 1st November
(Bizet, adapted by Peter Brook, Marius Constant, Jean-Claude Carričre) Performed in French with English surtitles.
La tragédie de Carmen is opera at its most powerful, a raw and visceral adaptation of Bizet’s most popular work. Peter Brook and his collaborators have crafted a concentrated night of theatre that focuses on the fatal relationships between the gypsy, soldier, village girl and bullfighter.
The score retains all of the most famous musical moments of the original; Carmen’s Habanera and Seguidilla, Don Jose’s Flower Song, and Escamillo’s swaggering Toreador Song. Directed by Andrew Steggall, conducted by Gareth Hancock, and featuring Leah Marian Jones sings the title role, with Sinead Campbell as Micaëla, David Curry as Don Jose, and Nicholas Garrett as Escamillo.
Rusalka
Friday 31st October
(Dvorák, adapted by Iain Farrington)
Performed in English.
She is the mermaid forbidden to mix with mortals. He is the handsome prince for whom she risks everything. Together they embark on a love affair that sees her sacrifice her home and her immortality. Dvorak’s rapturous score, presented here in an acclaimed chamber version, is crowned by the poignant “Song to the Moon”.
A new production by James Conway and associate director Tom Daley, conducted by Alex Ingram, with designs by Paul Wills. Donna Bateman (Susannah, ETO Spring 2008) sings the title role, with Richard Roberts as the Prince, Fiona Kimm as Jeibaba, Camilla Roberts as the Foreign Princess.
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