Carmen

Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Bologna, Italy

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Important Info

Type: Ballet

City: Bologna, Italy

Starts at: 20:30

Acts: 2

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Cast

Performers

Ballet company: Daniele Cipriani Entertainment

Orchestra: Orchestra of the Teatro Comunale Di Bologna

Creators

Composer: Georges Bizet

Choreography: Amedeo Amodio

Author: Prosper Mérimée

Overview

A figure who made the history of Italian dance. Amedeo Amodio, a dancer and choreographer born in 1940, in his long career, in addition to dancing for La Scala Theater and on the television show Studio One, he has been director of three prestigious ensembles, such as Aterballetto and the corps de ballet of the Rome Opera and Teatro Massimo in Palermo. Created for the Reggio Emilia-based Aterballetto in 1995, his personal version of Carmen is back on stage thanks to Daniele Cipriani Entertainment.

Master Amodio’s approach to Prosper Merimée’s tale takes on metatheatrical overtones, that is, of theater within theater. Thus on the ridge between art time and life time, between characters and people, develops this particular version of the Carmen, performed here by the Daniele Cipriani Company. To the music of Georges Bizet’s opéra-comique of the same name, adapted and enriched by original interventions by Giuseppe Calì, which will be performed by the Orchestra of the Teatro Comunale di Bologna, the story of the Seville cigar-maid unfolds but from behind the scenes. Between unpredictable and surreal juxtapositions, Carmen leads a transgressive and subversive game to assert “her own right to inconstancy,” as explained by Amedeo Amodio himself. Costumes and sets bear the signature of Luisa Spinatelli, the choreographer’s accomplice in the creation of that necessary “empty space,” useful to contain the tragedy of a woman devoted to freedom.

History

Premiere of this production: 21 February 1949, Shaftesbury Theatre, London

Carmen is a ballet created by Roland Petit and his company 'Les Ballets de Paris' at the Prince's Theatre in London on 21 February 1949, which has entered the repertory of ballet companies in France and around the world. This version is in five scenes and represents a striking admixture of classical ballet, Spanish-style movement, mime, and freshly invented dramatic dance action. It opened "scandalously and brilliantly, with the fabulously sexy Zizi Jeanmaire in the title role" in London and has been regularly performed ever since.

Synopsis

The first scene is set in a street in Seville, where the dancing of a crowd is interrupted by a girl being chased by Carmen. Their fight is only stopped by the arrival of Don José, who assists Carmen's defeated opponent. As he is about to arrest Carmen he is struck by her allure and arranges an assignation for later. That evening in the tavern Don José enters and dances a zapateado to the music of the habanera. Carmen next appears and dances, ending at Don José's feet; he lifts her up and they go up to the bedroom. The customers dance and when Carmen and Don José return they join in before José wraps Carmen in his cape and they go off.

The third scene is in Carmen's bedroom. After a passionate duet, three of Carmen's friends come in and invite her to go outside. At night in the street, Carmen, Don José and the friends prepare to rob a passer-by. Using a dagger Carmen has given him, Don José stabs a man, and after the women have taken his purse, they all flee.

The final scene is set outside the bull-ring where girls await the arrival of their hero, the toreador. He enters and greets them but is fascinated by the indifference shown by Carmen. José enters and notices their looks. The toreador moves into the arena whereupon Don José threatens Carmen, and in a fight to the death he overcomes her. As she dies, hats are tossed from the bull-ring to land at his feet.

Venue Info

Teatro Comunale di Bologna - Bologna
Piazza della Costituzione, 4, 40128 Bologna BO, Italy

The Teatro Comunale di Bologna is an opera house in Bologna, Italy. Typically, it presents eight operas with six performances during its November to April season.

While there had been various theatres presenting opera in Bologna since the early 17th century, they had either fallen into disuse or burnt down. However, from the early 18th century, the Teatro Marsigli-Rossi had been presenting operatic works by popular composers of the day including Vivaldi, Gluck, and Niccolò Piccinni. The Teatro Malvezzi, built in 1651, burned down in February 1745 and this event prompted the construction of a new public theatre, the Nuovo Teatro Pubblico, as the Teatro Comunale was first called when it opened on 14 May 1763.

Important Info

Type: Ballet

City: Bologna, Italy

Starts at: 20:30

Acts: 2

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