NSOI: Carmen (Concert Performance)

National Symphony Orchestra Ireland
Jessica Cottis, conductor

with soloists including:
Natalia Kutateladze, Carmen 
Sarah Brady, Micaëla 
Noah Stewart, Don José 
Gyula Nagy, Escamillo 
John Molloy, Zuniga 
Ami Hewitt, Frasquita 
Kezia Bienek, Mercédès 
Rory Dunne, Moralès 
Sean Tester, Remendado 
Jakob Mahase, Dancaïre 

National Symphony Chorus Ireland 
David Young, chorus director
Cór na nÓg 
Mary Amond O’Brien, choral director

Bizet’s Carmen comes to irresistible life in this concert performance with Natalia Kutateladze – whose ‘sheer style and poise sets her in a class of her own’ (The Guardian) – as the free-spirited femme fatale.

Acclaimed by Tchaikovsky as ‘a masterpiece in every sense of the word’, 150 years after its controversial premiere, Carmen still has the power to shock with the torrid passion at its heart and the seductive sensuality of its music. 

One of all opera’s most lyrical and memorable scores includes the sultry Habanera, rousing ‘Toreador Song’, and irresistible Seguidilla.

Rising star Irish soprano Sarah Brady sings the peasant girl, Micaëla; Noah Stewart, ‘the most talked-about young American tenor these days’ (Ars Atlanta), is the murderous Don José; Gyula Nagy, a ‘giant of a baritone’ (The Arts Desk), the handsome toreador Escamillo. 

National Symphony Chorus Ireland and Cór na nÓg join forces to bring the thronging bystanders to vivid life.

Presented by NCH