carmen [bizet]
[08/2017]
conductor | LIBOR ONDRAS
fight choreographer | NICK GISONDE
scenic designer | CLAIRE BOUWKAMP
costume designer | RYANN CORBETT
lighting designer | ALICE TRENT
photographer | ERIN ELIZABETH PHOTOGRAPHY
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Carmen and her band of Bohemians are animal rights activists who live in an Occupy movement-like tent outside the bullring in today’s Seville.
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Carmen (Brennan Martinez) is the leaders of the protestors, a band which includes…
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Remendado (Achilles Bezanis), the technological wiz kid.
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Frasquita (Brianna Murray), the scrappy, fixed-gear biker chick…
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Dancaïro (Logan Dell’acqua), the graffiti artist…
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In the midst of the Plaza del Toro, a Woman in Black (Mikayla Cerrudo) deals cards to passers-by.
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Don José (Wagner Pástor) is given a flower by Carmen…
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…whom he initially rejects for his childhood love Micaëla (Emily Totedo).
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Superstar sports celebrity Escamillo (Andrew René) is unfazed by the protestors' signs.
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Don José confesses to Carmen that the flower she gave him kept him alive when he was in prison.
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The protestors taunt policeman Zuniga (Jin Yu) when he returns to seduce Carmen.
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Frasquita and Mercédès steal Carmen’s cards to read their own fortunes.
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The protestors prepare for a final battle with the police.
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In order to escape jail, Carmen lies to Escamillo about her love for him.
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Don José threatens to kill Carmen if she doesn’t promise to love him.
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After murdering Carmen, Don José is confronted by the Lady in Black, showing him a card with his own fate.