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2025

November

Sat
15 Nov 2025

Mon
17 Nov 2025

Tue
18 Nov 2025

Wed
19 Nov 2025

Thu
20 Nov 2025

Fri
21 Nov 2025

Sat
22 Nov 2025

Mon
24 Nov 2025

Tue
25 Nov 2025
Venue

Regent Theatre
191 Collins St, Melbourne

Language

Performed in French with English surtitles.

Running time

Approximately 2 hours and 50 minutes, including one interval.

Please note

This production contains adult themes, including sexual references and violence against women.

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Smuggler, seductress, risk-taker, rebel.
Who is this woman that turns every head?

When Carmen meets Don José, sparks fly. She won’t give up her freedom, and Don José won’t give up his girl. Their smouldering passion sets the stage for tragedy, but first, Bizet gives us an adrenaline-pumping ride through lust, jealousy and spectacle.

This visceral opera is thrilling from the moment the curtain rises and the orchestra races away with the overture. The music has it all: explosions of colour, tender love songs, sensual dances, massive choruses, and always, underneath, the beating pulse of danger.

One of Australia’s great theatre directors, Melbourne Theatre Company’s Anne-Louise Sarks offers a bold new production of the opera classic, leaning into the revolutionary heart of Bizet’s once groundbreaking opera. This is a Carmen for our time, asking urgent questions about opera’s iconic femme fatale, whose dance with destiny ends in disaster.

Australian opera sensation Danielle de Niese and Sian Sharp share the iconic title role, alongside Diego Torre and American tenor Evan LeRoy Johnson as Don José.


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Cast & Creative

Conductor
Clelia Cafiero
Director
Anne-Louise Sarks
Set & Costume Designer
Marg Horwell
Lighting Designer
Carmen
Danielle de Niese (15, 18, 20, 22, 25 Nov)
Sian Sharp (17, 19, 21, 24 Nov)
Don José
Abraham Bretón (15, 18, 20, 22, 25 Nov)
Diego Torre (17, 19, 21, 24 Nov)
Escamillo
Phillip Rhodes (15, 18, 20, 22, 25 Nov)
Luke Gabbedy (17, 19, 21, 24 Nov)
Micaëla
Zuniga
Remendado
Frasquita
Orchestra

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Synopsis

This production takes place in a timeless version of Seville. Don José, who was training for the priesthood in his native Basque country, killed a man in a quarrel and has had to enlist in the army in Seville. His mother and Micaëla, who loves him and hopes to marry him, have followed him to the south and live in a village near the city…

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