Carmen on stage at the Victoria

DAYTON, OH (WDTN-WBDT) - Dayton Opera’s “transcendental season” will end with a contemporary turn on a classic favorite, Bizet’s beautiful and tragic opera Carmen.

This version, adapted by English stage producer Peter Brook, is called The Tragedy of Carmen and will be performed in the historic Victoria Theatre May 17 thru 20.    

“This adaptation is unlike any Carmen you have seen,” said Tom Bankston, Dayton Opera’s General and Artistic Director.

”The cast is comprised of four singing and three speaking parts.

The orchestra is scaled back to 15-pieces, the libretto is in English, in a translation by famed Broadway lyricist Sheldon Harnick, and the entire opera runs just under 90-minutes.”

But this is no watered-down version.

It’s a bold and daring production, updated to 1930’s Franco Spain, complete with all the passion and favorite music that make the original Carmen one of the world’s most performed operas. 

This is truly an example of where less can really be more!

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