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Live in Cinemas: Carmen

15 May 2024

Live in Cinemas: Carmen

15 May 2024

Live in Cinemas: Carmen

15 May 2024
Opera and music

Watch Aigul Akmetshina in the title role in Damiano Michieletto's searing new production of Bizet’s ever-popular opera in a cinema near you.

Aigul Akhmetshina in Damiano Michieletto's Carmen, The Royal Opera
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Live from Wednesday 1 May 2024 at 6.45pm (BST), with Encore screenings from Sunday 5 May 2024 at 2pm (BST)

Running time
This performance will last for approximately 3 hours and 10 minutes, including one interval.
Guidance
BBFC rating: 12A
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Background

Damiano Michieletto's searing new production evokes all the passion and heat of Bizet's score, which features Carmen’s sultry Habanera and the rousing Toreador song. Antonello Manacorda and Emmanuelle Villaume conduct an exciting international cast, with Aigul Akhmetshina and Vasilisa Berzhanskaya sharing the title role.

Full cast sheets:

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Antonio Pappano in rehearsal for Live from Covent Garden, 13 June 2020 ©2020 ROH. Photograph by Lara Cappelli

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