Opera

Bizet’s Carmen

Name: Bizet’s Carmen
Start: 2026-11-01T17:00:00+00:00
End: 2026-11-01T18:30:00+00:00
Location: Centro Cultural de Belém

Orquestra Sinfónica Portuguesa and Coro do Teatro Nacional de São Carlos

Dates / Schedules

Main Auditorium

Ages

Prices

Dates / Schedules

Wednesday and Friday, October 28 and 30, 2026 8:00pm

Sunday, Novembrer 1, 2026 5:00pm

Music

Opera

Shortly after its publication in 1845, Prosper Mérimée’s novella Carmen was labelled shocking and scandalous. Thirty years later, Georges Bizet premiered his Carmen in Paris, and it has since become one of the most frequently performed operas in the world.
The story of the gypsy woman who chooses death rather than surrender her freedom or love remains one of the most compelling and enduring modern myths surrounding the enigmatic nature of Woman. Over the years, Carmen has been revisited by countless directors, acquiring new facets and interpretations. Yet one essential element endures: Carmen, the fatal anti-heroine, remains the unyielding centre of every version.

Performed in French with Portuguese surtitles.
Pre-performance talk by Bárbara Villalobos 30 minutes before curtain-up.

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Ages

+12

Data sheet

Libretto Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy
Stage Direction Francisco López
Musical Direction Antonio Pirolli
Soloists
Carmen Ketevan Kemoklidze
Escamillo Gustavo Castillo
Don José José d’Eça
Micaëla Rafaela Albuquerque
Zuniga Luís Rodrigues
Dancaïre Tiago Matos
Remendado Marco Alves dos Santos
Mercédès to be announced
Frasquita to be announced
Moralès Christian Luján
Coro do Teatro Nacional de São Carlos
Principal Chorus Master Giampaolo Vessella
Orquestra Sinfónica Portuguesa

Programme

Georges Bizet (1838—1875) Carmen

Coproduction

Centro Cultural de Belém, OPART/Teatro Nacional de São Carlos

Prices and Discounts

Note: With reserved seats

Plant

Discounts

DISCOUNTS are only valid for CCB production and/or co-production shows and for tickets with a price above €12, with the exception of CCB cardholders, the discount is applied to values above €8.

50 % people with specific needs and free for accompanying person
50% for Arts and culture professionals
50% for unemployed
30% for CCB Card’s holders (individual, Senior, Youth and Family)
20% for people over 65 / for under 30s / students / for groups of more than 20 people

Tickets at €5 for Artistic Schools

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Bizet’s Carmen

Orquestra Sinfónica Portuguesa and Coro do Teatro Nacional de São Carlos

Dates / Schedules