CARMEN, TEATRO SAN CARLO

interactive lighting design // naples, italy

One must thank the young Opera Naples, in partnership with the yearly Arts Naples World Festival, for an imaginative and beautifully done new production of the Brook Tragédie. Daringly, the opera takes place in the opera’s rehearsal space in the middle of Naples’s industrial district. Without any stage sets, the raw power of the warehouse was sufficient to transport the audience into a world of sex, violence, and superstition.

Carmen may be short but is a hard opera to act and sing. There is no relief in the tension: it is made for a small audience in close viewing and listening. Maestro Ramón Tebar takes obvious pleasure in conducting the musicians of the orchestral ensemble.

FULL SHOW CREDITS

Director: Zubin Mehta

Chorus Master: Marco Faelli

Chorus Master: Stefania Rinaldi

Director: Daniele Finzi Pasca

Scenes: Hugo Gargiulo

Costumes: Giovanna Buzzi

Choreography: Maria Bonzanigo

Lighting Design: Alexis Bowles