Royal Opera House production of Bizet's Carmen, directed by Damiano Michieletto and sung in French with English subtitles, with Ginger Costa-Jackson as Carmen.
ROH Live: Carmen comes to Gloucester Guildhall on Tuesday 10 November, a cinema screening of Damiano Michieletto's production of Bizet's Carmen. It's sung in French with English subtitles, and the whole thing runs 215 minutes with one interval, so it's a proper night out rather than a quick trip to the cinema.
Michieletto's production is a searing take on the opera, focusing on the lust, violence and destructive desire that drive the story. It's an all-star cast: Ginger Costa-Jackson takes the title role, with Russell Thomas as Don José, Adriana González as Micaëla, Alexander Vinogradov as Escamillo and Barnaby Rea as Zuniga. Conducting is Sesto Quatrini, who returns to the score after his 2023 Royal Opera debut.
The venue is the Guildhall on Eastgate Street, the county's premier arts space. It was built in 1890 and opened in 1892 on the site of Sir Thomas Rich's Blue Coat School, and a major refurbishment between 1985 and 1988 turned it into the lively room it is today, still known as 'The County's Liveliest Venue'. It's hosted national music acts like Radiohead, Muse, Primal Scream, Lily Allen, Pete Doherty and Ash, as well as comedians including Frankie Boyle, Andy Parsons, Dara O'Brien and Jeremy Hardy. In January 2010, it won an award for 'Putting Gloucester On The Map'.
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Tickets are £16.25 for adults and £13.50 for concessions, and it starts at 19:00 on Tuesday 10 November at Gloucester Guildhall, 23 Eastgate Street, GL1 1NS.
