CARMEN the opera by Bizet showing soon at Palace Cinemas in Melbourne.
Palace Opera & Ballet 2017-18 Season. From November in Melbourne. Commencing with CARMEN captured live over the European summer from the Baths of Caracalla. Screening with English subtitles.
This colourful new production of CARMEN is by director Valentina Carrasco who sets Bizet’s masterful tale of the explosive, passionate, and destructive love of a woman who values her freedom above all else not in 19th Century Spain, but on the border between Mexico and the United States nowadays.
The star cast is led by acclaimed Italian mezzo-soprano Veronica Simeoni as Carmen.
Dates: 17-18-19 and 22 November 2017
Cinemas: Palace Balwyn, Brighton Bay and Cinema Como.
With the support of the IIC Melbourne.