Carmen in Wiener Staatsoper, not a Premiere as in Zürich,
but the 109th performance of Franco Zeffirelli's wonderful Carmen.
The sets was wonderful, the costumes too. Agnes Baltsa got better and
better in the performance, Richard Leech was a wonderful Don Jose,
Anja Hartelos was wonderful as Micaela. Frasquita and Mercedes was
wonderfully portrayed by Simina Ivan and Stella Grigorian. I didn't
like Escamillo, Egils Silins, but he was good. Needless to say I
loved it.

Wiener Staatsoper
sonntag, 23. juni 2002
106. Aufführung in dieser Inszenierung

Carmen
Oper in vier Akten (nach Prosper Mérimée) von H. Meilhac und L. Halévy
Musik von Georges Bizet

Dirigent Jun Märkl
Inszenierung und
Bühnenbild Franco Zeffirelli
KostümeLeo Bei
Choreographie Rafael de Cordova
Chorleitung Ernst Dunshirn
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Tänze Rita Kommentisch
Rudolf Wächter
Christoph Wenzel
und das Corps de ballet
" Stipendiat des Herbert von Karajan Centrums

2002-06-23 Carmen (G. Bizet), Wiener Staatsoper

Carmen = Agnes Baltsa
Don José = Richard Leech
Escamillo =  Egils Silins
Micaëla = Anja Harteros
Frasquita = Simina Ivan
Mercedes = Stella Grigorian
Zuniga = Goran Simic
Morales = Yu Chen
Remendado = Walter Pauritsch
Dancairo = Markus Nieminen
Lillas Pastia = Csaba Markovits

Jun Märkl, conductor
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