Carmen | Bizet

Concert Opera • Grand Canon
Dates

May 2 to 12, 2026

5 performances

Price
Regular: $76 to $413 Tx and fees incl. Youth rate available

There is no “opera” without “Carmen”, and there is no more potent Carmen than that which pours forth from the masterful baton of Jean-Marie Zeitouni and the Orchestre Métropolitain.

This production will explore the full emotional range of Bizet’s tempestuous masterpiece — its beauty, its intensity, its truth — alongside a cast of operatic luminaries, including Rihab Chaieb, Arturo Chacón-Cruz, Magali Simard Galdès, and Ethan Vincent.

Carmen, enchantress of Seville, casts her spell over all who encounter her. Don José is no exception. A loyal soldier, he surrenders his post, morals, and soul as he is ravaged by the flames of obsession. When Carmen’s attention turns to the daring bullfighter Escamillo, José’s jealousy takes a dark and fatal turn. Free in love and in death, our legendary heroine meets her fate as only Carmen can — fearlessly.

  • Language French, subtitled in French and English
  • Interpretation

    Rihab Chaieb (Carmen), Arturo Chacón-Cruz (Don José), Ethan Vincent (Escamillo), Magali Simard-Galdès (Micaëla), Stephen Hegedus (Zuniga), Dante Mullin Santone (Moralès), Jamal Al Titi (Dancairo), Tessa Fackelmann (Mercédès)

    Stage direction

    Anna Theodosakis

    Conductor

    Jean-Marie Zeitouni

    Choir

    Opéra de Montréal Chorus

    Orchestra

    Orchestre Métropolitain

  • Diffusion

    Opéra de Montréal

    Production

    Edmonton Opera - Original staging by Maria Lamont

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