CD + DVD:
Carmen
The latest Carmen on the market recorded in 2018, featuring Claude Eichenberger in the title role.
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In Stephan Märki’s interpretation, Carmen is a woman longing for death, staging sex as a weapon in a world where seduction means strength, but devotion means downfall. Love and Death are embodied by a dancer who mirrors Carmen’s thoughts and emotions. Conductor Mario Venzago draws upon the “Carmen” research by musicologist Fritz Oeser, who restores Bizet’s original version, giving the piece new depth and new life to the well-known arias. Philipp Fürhofer’s stage design sets the singers in a mirror cabinet, creating a mise en abyme of perspectives and allusions.
Worldwide Release on 4 December 2020
Cat. No.: 109433 (DVD+2CDs)
Genre Opera
Recording location Konzert Theater Bern
Production year 2018
Duration 155 mins
Video format DVD / NTSC + 2 CDs
Audio format PCM Stereo
Composer Georges Bizet
Orchestra / Band Berner Symphonieorchester
Conductor Mario Venzago
Stage Director Stephan Märki
Main Actor Claude Eichenberger
Main Actor Elissa Huber
Main Actor Xavier Moreno
Main Actor Winston R. Arnon
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