SEVILLA 15 Sep. (EUROPA PRESS) –
An unprecedented encounter between the “torn passion” of flamenco and the “lyrical greatness” of the opera. This is the original proposal of Carmen, Opera and Flamenco, which will have its absolute premiere in Seville, within the framework of the parallel activities scheduled at the First Opera Seville Festival, and which can be seen in nine unique functions between September 26 and October 12 at the Teatro Flamenco Sevilla, in the central Cuna street.
Coinciding with the 150th anniversary of the premiere of one of the best known operas of the world and the death of its composer, Georges Bizet, a short time later, Flamenco Theater Sevilla and Seville of Opera reinvent one of the universal myths of musical culture in this unique show through a double elder that embodies the three main characters: Carmen, Don José and Escamillo.
Thus, each role is represented in parallel by a lyric interpreter and a flamenco artist, “generating a scenic and musical dialogue that enriches the narrative and offers the public two complementary looks of the same drama,” reports in a press release.
Under the artistic direction of the dancer José Galván, in ‘Carmen, Opera and Flamenco’, “The structural precision and the majesty of the opera are found with improvisation, the goblin and the expressive freedom of flamenco”.
In this production, the scenario becomes a “mirror” where “two different but deeply connected universes” are reflected. The same story has two languages: the refined lyricism of the opera and the passionate viscerality of flamenco. Each of the great characters appears duplicate, embodied by a lyric interpreter and a flamenco artist.
In this way, the soprano Ana Cadaval and the Aitana Bailaora Rousseau offer two complementary visions of Carmen: “The powerful voice that dominates the scene and the body that expresses freedom through movement.” The same goes for Don José, unfolded in the tenor Arturo Garralón and Bailaor Hugo Sánchez, or with Escamillo, to whom the baritone Andrés del Pino and the dancer Adrián Domínguez give life.
Around them “a solid set of musicians and artists who hold this artistic dialogue”: the piano of Tommaso Cogato; the violins of Graci del Saz, Celia Vicente and Nadia Carmona; Fernando Jurado’s violoncello; Álvaro Mora’s guitar; Julia Acosta’s flamenco voice; And Marta Beautiful dance. All of them make up a cast “that not only brings together bright trajectories, but also symbolizes the union of two musical traditions called to meet.”
