David Soar

담배공장에서 담뱃잎을 말아 생활하던 가난한 하층민 집시 여성 카르멘은 싸움에 말려 감옥에 갈 위기에 처하지만 군인 호세를 유혹하여 풀려난다. 다시 만난 호세와 카르멘은 사랑에 빠지게 되지만 몇 달 후 호세는 자신에게 싫증이 난 그녀의 마음이 투우사 에스카미요에게 있다는 것을 알게 되고 극단의 선택을 하기에 이른다.

Starring Angela Gheorghiu as the celebrated French actress Adriana Lecouvreur and Jonas Kaufmann as her lover Maurizio, Count of Saxony, Cilea s verismo drama explores celebrity, romance, jealousy, and death. The trio of sublime voices is completed by Russian mezzo-soprano Olga Borodina as Adriana s jealous rival, the Princess de Bouillon. David McVicar s hit production the first performance of the opera at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden for more than a century presents the life of the French actress as a blurring of the distinction between fantasy and reality. The action revolves around a life-size Baroque Theatre, taking us from the bustle and colour of the first act backstage at the playhouse, to the bare final scenes as the drama reaches its fatal climax.