Choreography - Gheorghe Iancu

This new production of Carmen marks the debut in opera direction of award-winning Art Director and Macerata native Dante Ferretti. Amongst his achievements are nine nominations and two Academy awards (Best Achievement in Art Direction 2007, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street; 2004, The Aviator)

Eschewing the glamour and extravagance of Hollywood, Ferretti here has devised a minimalist set drawing from Francoist Spain during the 1930s-40s. A touch of Italian Neorealism is also clearly recognizable.

“The most relevant element on stage must be the emotional reaction stirred by the story . . . What strikes most about the Sferisterio stage is the emptiness that leaves room for imagination” Ferretti

“…a highly “musical” and talented cast . . . With Irina Lungu a sexier and more assertive Micaëla than usually expected and Nino Surguladze vocally perfect” La Repubblica

Artists

Nino Surguladze (Carmen), Irina Lungu (Micaëla), Alexandra Zabala (Frasquita), Paola Gardina (Mercédès), Philippe Do (Don José), Simone Alberghini (Escamillo), Francis Dudziak (Le Dancaïre), E. D’Aguanno (Le Remendado), Nicolas Courjal (Zuniga), Gezim Mischketa (Moralès) & First soloist ballerina: Anbeta Toromani

Fondazione Orchestra Regionale delle Marche & Coro Lirico Marchigiano "V. Bellini", Carlo Montanaro (conductor) & Dante Ferretti (director)