Cinema screening of Damiano Michieletto's production of Bizet's Carmen, sung in French with English subtitles.
Royal Ballet & Opera bring Carmen to the Stephen Joseph Theatre on Tuesday 10 November, 7pm. It's a cinema screening of Damiano Michieletto's production of Bizet's opera, sung in French with English subtitles, so you get the full performance on the big screen rather than a live stage show.
It's a familiar story, but Michieletto's take puts a searing light on the lust, violence and destructive desire that drive the plot. Ginger Costa-Jackson takes the title role, with Russell Thomas as Don José. Adriana González sings Micaëla, Alexander Vinogradov is Escamillo and Barnaby Rea plays Zuniga, all conducted by Sesto Quatrini. The set is by Paolo Fantin and the costumes by Carla Tetis, with the libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy. It's the original French version, so the subtitles will keep you on track with the singing.
If you've seen Carmen before, you know the beats: the magnetic Carmen, the obsession that ruins Don José, and the inevitable crash when those two collide. This production leans into the darker side of that—the lust and the violence—rather than playing it as a light romance. Having it on screen means you'll get close-ups of the singing and the acting that you'd miss from the back of a theatre, and since it's at the SJT, you're seeing it in a cinema setting right here in Scarborough.
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Tickets start from ÂŁ18, and it kicks off at 7pm on Tuesday 10 November at the Stephen Joseph Theatre, Westborough, YO11 1JW.
