Screening of Damiano Michieletto's production of Bizet's opera Carmen, with Ginger Costa-Jackson and Sesto Quatrini, at the cinema in MK Gallery.
MK Gallery is screening the Royal Ballet and Opera's production of Carmen on Sunday 15 November, a cinema encore of Damiano Michieletto's staging of Bizet's opera. It's sung in French, and the whole thing runs for 215 minutes, so you'll want to clear a good chunk of your afternoon for it.
Michieletto's production is a searing one, casting a scorching light on the lust, violence and destructive desire that drive the story. It first reached the Royal Opera in 2023, and this screening brings it to the screen here in Milton Keynes. The production features Ginger Costa-Jackson in the title role and Russell Thomas as Don José, with Sesto Quatrini conducting. Both Costa-Jackson and Quatrini return to the work for this screening, so you're seeing the same team that led the original run.
The screening takes place at MK Gallery, the public art gallery in central Milton Keynes that opened in 1999 and reopened after a major expansion in 2019. It doesn't hold a permanent collection, instead staging changing exhibitions, with a top-floor cinema that looks out over Campbell Park.
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It starts at 2.00pm on Sunday 15 November, and tickets range from free to £19. With a runtime of 215 minutes, it's a full afternoon's commitment, and the cinema's view over the park is a nice thing to come back to once the curtain falls.
