CARMEN, BIZET, COMPANIONS OPERA - o2 WORLD, HAMBURG, 2006, with subtitles

CARMEN
Georges Bizet (1838-1875)
Recorded: february 2006
Location: o2 World Hamburg, Germany (Color Line Arena)

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Ralf Weikert Conductor
Hamburger Symphoniker
Nadia Krasteva Carmen
Bojidar Nikolov Don José
Nikola Mijailovic Escamillo
Arpine Rahdjian Micaela
Danilo Rigosa Zuniga
Cornelia Zach Frasquita
Alexandra Rivas Mercedes
Andrea Martin Dancairo
Cesare Zamparino Remendado
Paolo Ruggiero Morales
Jürgen Schulz Choir conductor
Carl-Philipp-Emanuel-Bach-Chor
Los Cabales Flamenco Dancers
Companions Opera Carmen Hamburg Talents

COMPANIONS OPERA
From 1993 until 2009 Companions Opera presented some of the best-known opera titles in a “360 Degree" setting in areas and stadiums, combining high artistic and musical quality.

[bobtan]

This is a knockout staging of Carmen. The somber entrance of death on horseback was memorable. Kudos for NIkolov and Krasteva for their spell binding performances.

[kiuchu]

Thank you for another blockbuster production - CARMEN with genuine flamenco singing and dancing at Lilas Patia's! Yes, we don't see these extravaganzas nowadays. Bravo, well done.

[patriciaalarcon]

Vielen Dank für Posten die Opera Carmen in die HH Ich bin stolz dabei gewesen zu sein, habe mich riesig gefreut auch alle meine kamaraden wieder zu sehen und alle anerkannt hier in dies Video war super !! Habe alles wieder erlebt als wäre gestern. DANKESCHÖN LIEBE GRÜSSE DIE HANSA STADT HAMBURG.💯🌹♥️🎶👏

[emiliosalman]

De las sopranos más increíbles haciendo el papel de Carmen.
Escenario espectacular elenco sublime!!!
Micaela una voz hermosa
Gracias por esta grabación
Un regalo para los sentidos
Nada mas que agregar

[jorgealbertojoselettera]

Linda puesta y bien cantada. Pobre Escamillo!!! Un clavel rebelde le quedó en el cabello. Tenía el mismo peinado de Carmen😅😅

[BasilPunton]

The singer looks and moves like I imagine as a Carman.

[ПелаПчелица]

Штета што нема превода, макар на енглески језик.

[eylulkaralar]

I don't wanna be hateful but i don't think she is singing it right. She is forcing her voice to sound deeper than it actually is and it’s clearly not natural but like the energy tho ☺️

[Roman_Kunitsa]

fake 4k . Too low quality for viewing.

[irmar]

It is such a pity, because all the singers were excellent, with lovely voices and they looked like the role (Carmen was very beautiful and the two men really handsome and believable). But the direction and the acting were very lacking, lifeless and almost amateurial. The soldiers marched nonchalantly, even at the change of guard, when the words (sung by the children) said "shoulders back, chest to the front". They didn't, LOL.
Don José looked bored or slightly annoyed most of the time, and when he first meets Micaela, he seems to view her with distaste - I first thought it was a directorial idea, but then he actually gave her a romantic kiss at the end, so he wasn't supposed to find her repulsive after all.
The director of course was the main culprit. Most notably, he didn't know how to move crowds, which is crucial in this particular opera. Especially the scene at Lilas Pastia's was almost embarrassingly static and boring - not once did I feel the crescendo of drunken gaiety and joie de vivre. And because the people couldn't express anything with their bodies, they just rotated some toreador capes? What? Come on!

[jean-marcevans]

Good and bad in this production. The worst is the terrible collection of poor French accents.

[ИринаДанилова-жп]

Опять я слышу мяуканье, а не пение си бемоль в арии цветка..