And that is indeed a formidable challenge for any company! If what we present to our audiences doesn’t try to recapture the impact that caused such a scandal – but then such a success – at the first Carmen performances, then we’ll be failing in our responsibility to this masterpiece. At the same time, however, we have the challenge of ensuring that our production offers more than a nostalgic journey through our favorite tunes. Obviously, we need to present it in a way that captures its dramatic excitement and energy. The way Lyric – and all other companies producing Georges Bizet’s Carmen – can deal with the appeal of this thrilling piece is first to acknowledge that at this point it is perhaps the world’s most popular and best-known opera, boasting a larger number of hit tunes than in any other opera. But it’s in opera that she’s made her biggest impact, as the center of a work that, for musical freshness, dramatic power, and sheer atmosphere, remains unsurpassed. Carmen! What a magically alluring character she is in literature, film, theater, and dance.
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