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Killing Carmen
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Killing Carmen
by Nils Strunk, Lukas Schrenk and Gabriel Cazes
In German, French and English language with surtitles
“I have already been warned that I should fear for my life,” explains Carmen – foreseeing her own fate – in the finale of Bizet's “Opera of all Operas.” A few minutes later, she is dead, stabbed by her recently beloved Don José. A crime of passion or a societal crisis? Does Carmen's death symbolize the death of freedom itself? What void does she leave behind? What happens next?
After their two successful productions Die Zauberflöte – The Opera but Not the Opera and Schachnovelle at the Burgtheater, Nils Strunk and Lukas Schrenk are now engaging with a repertoire classic for the Volksoper. Together with musician Gabriel Cazes, they are developing a new adaptation of Carmen for a cross-genre ensemble. Bizet’s famous melodies meet various music styles: jazz, flamenco, western, musical, pop, chanson, and much more.
Program and cast
Stage direction: Nils Strunk
Stage direction: Lukas Schrenk
Set and costume design: Anne Buffetrille
Dramaturgy: Magdalena Hoisbauer
Lighting design: Sascha Zauner
Volksoper Vienna
Public transport:
Underground line U6
Trams 40, 41, 42
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Stop "Währinger Straße / Volksoper"
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The Volksoper is Vienna’s main stage for operetta, opera, musicals and ballet, offering sophisticated musical entertainment. Colourful, eclectic and full of vitality, it is the only theatre dedicated to the genre of operetta.
Operetta belongs to Vienna and Vienna installed it at the home of operetta, Volksopera Vienna, which thereupon became the leading operetta house in the world. First class singers, actors and dancers together with a versatile orchestra cunjure up a musical firework display every evening.
Johann Strauss, Franz Lehár, Emmerich Kálmán wrote their world famous beloved melodies for operettas such as “The Fledermaus”, “The Merry Widow” and “The Csárdás Princess”. A visit to at least one of these operettas at the Volksopera Vienna is a must for every visitor to Vienna!
Also performed are operas from the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries, as well as classic musicals and ballet. In addition, the Volksoper has a fifth longstanding and proven speciality: it stages soirées, cabaret and burlesque performances under the name of “Volksoper Spezial”.
In the repertory theatre, which seats 1,337 persons, some 300 performances of around 35 different productions are staged every year between September and June.
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