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Composer: Georges Bizet
Librettist: Henri Meilhac, Ludovic Halevy

The year 2024 coincides with the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and France. Bizet's opera Carmen, a joint production of the Sheng Yin Opera House and the Bordeaux National Opera House, will be staged at the Sheng Yin Opera House in December by the collaboration of Chinese and French artists! Professor Liao Changyong, President of Shanghai Conservatory of Music and Director of Shanghai Yin Opera House, and Emmanuel Hondré, Director of Bordeaux National Opera, are the Artistic Directors, and the creative team of Bordeaux National Opera has been invited to participate in the production of this version of Carmen, with Emmanuelle Bastet as the director, choreographer, lighting designer, and lighting designer. The choreographer, lighting designer and costume designer are Tim Northam, Fran?ois Thouret and Véronique Seymat. The cast is made up of the talented young talents of the Shanghai Conservatory of Music's Youth Opera Company, with two foreign opera newcomers, Elmina Hasan (winner of the second prize at the Domingo World Opera Competition in 2024) and Julien Henric as the male and female protagonists, and the cast of the Shanghai version of the production, featuring Dong Fang as Carmen and Zhang Long as Don José, is equally exciting and exciting. The cast of the Soprano version, with Dong Fang as Carmen and Zhang Long as Don José, is equally exciting and worth looking forward to. Conductor Mr. Lin Da Ye directs the Shanghai Conservatory of Music Symphony Orchestra, with the Shanghai Conservatory of Music Chorus as the chorus, and the Sfuture Art Troupe as the children's chorus. As Carmen is approaching its 150th anniversary, let's revisit this enduring French opera!

● Theater Description
Premiered in 1875, the opera Carmen is the representative work of the French composer Bizet, and also the last creation of this French composer in his life. The distinctive theme and rich orchestration are the important reasons why this French opera has left a deep impression on the audience musically, and the cantatas in Carmen, such as Love is a Free Bird and The Matador's Song, have long become household classics. The composer's portrayal of the heroine Carmen lives like a fresh red rose, her beauty is self-evident, her attitude towards love can be described as unique, the pursuit of pure and passionate love, with a free and unrestrained soul, such self-awareness has so far made the world marveled at.

The story takes place in Seville, Spain in 1860. A beautiful and stubborn gypsy girl, a cigarette factory worker named Carmen, meets Don José, a squad leader of the cavalry, in a factory brawl, and she successfully utilizes her beauty to seduce the latter, so that he not only lets herself go, but also falls in love with her from then on. Don José not only for Carmen abandoned his first love, Mikayla, but also joined the ranks of gypsy smugglers, and Carmen together to live a wandering life on the run. However, love is like a free bird, Carmen later fell in love with the spirited bullfighter Escamillo, Don José begged her to change her mind but was refused. In the end, Don José stabs Carmen with the dagger he has hidden on his body, ending their love with his own hands. As everyone cheered for the bullfighter's victory, Carmen died under Don José's dagger.

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● Costume Styling

● art director：
Liao Changyong

He is one of the most outstanding baritone singers in China, an internationally renowned opera performer and vocal educator, and enjoys the reputation of “the first baritone of Chinese people in the world”. He studied under Prof. Luo Wei, a famous vocal educator, and Prof. Zhou Xiaoyan, who is known as the “Godmother of Chinese Vocal Music”. He has won many awards in major domestic and international vocal competitions.

Emmanuel Hondré

Director of the National Opera of Bordeaux, France, graduated from the Conservatoire National de la Musique et de la Danse in Paris to study, specializing in music history, aesthetics, pedagogy and musicology.

● Conductor：Lin Daye

● Director：Emmanuelle Bastet

● Choreographer：Tim Northam

● Lighting Design：Francois Thouret

● Fashion design：Véronique Seymat

● Assistant director：Louise Brun

● Cast：
Carmen  Elmina Hasan / 董芳 / 邓颖 / 寻笳吟
Don Jose  Julien Henric / 张龙 / 朱贺 / 冯浩然 / 李新成
Escamillo  张曦 / 胡斯豪 /
Micaela  乌列热 / 范雪妍 / 罗玉丹 /顾文梦
Morales  谢昕宇 / 陈炯然 / 沈正浩/ 王多多
Zuniga  刘葭 / 陈祖浩 / 刘恺睿
Mercedes  寻笳吟 / 诸媛媛 / 靳茹潇 / 雅拉
Frasquita  黄泓嘉 / 申梓涵 / 吴桐雨 / 李子淇
Dancairo  谢昕宇 / 沈正浩 / 朱备宁 / 刘奕铭
Remendado  李新成 / 卓小闯 / 李正阳 / 张茗皓

*Cast is subject to change

● Performing group：
Choir of Shanghai Conservatory of Music

Orchestra of Shanghai Conservatory of Music