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Carmen-3 October 2009 Evening 7.00pm

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Opera: Performance details

Company: The Royal Opera
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Revival
Conductor Bertrand de Billy
Chorus Director Renato Balsadonna
Concert Master Vasko Vassilev
Cast
Moralès
a corporal 		Changhan Lim
Micaëla
a country girl 		Liping Zhang
Don José
a corporal 		Roberto Alagna
Zuniga
a lieutenant 		Henry Waddington
Carmen
a gypsy 		Elīna Garanča
Frasquita
a gypsy friend of Carmen's 		Eri Nakamura
Mercédès
a gypsy friend of Carmen's 		Louise Innes
Lillas Pastia
owner of a tavern 		Caroline Lena Olsson
Escamillo
a torero 		Ildebrando D' Arcangelo
Le Dancaïre
a smuggler 		Adrian Clarke
Le Remendado
a smuggler 		Vincent Ordonneau
Guide Anthony De Baeck
Soldiers, cigarette girls, townspeople, gypsies, waiters, smugglers, banderillos, picadors, matadors The Royal Opera Chorus
Extra Chorus
Actors
Dancers
Children from Trinity School (Croydon)
Girls from Tiffin Girls' Choir
Children from Stagecoach
Children from various London schools
The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Notes: Paul Hamlyn First Night. All tickets to this performance were sold exclusively through 'The Sun' newspaper at reduced prices. Performance dedicated to the memory of Lord Hamlyn (1926-2001).
Sponsor: The Helen Hamlyn Trust (performance) ; The Sun (performance)
Language: French
Surtitled by: Jonathan Burton
Durations: Acts I and II: 7.03-8.37pm, Acts III and IV: 9.08-10.04pm
Information source: Royal Opera House cast sheet and stage manager's report for 3 October 2009 (in Royal Opera House Collections)