Den Jyske Opera brings Bizet's well-known opera to the stage in a dramatic staging, sung in Danish with Danish surtitles. The production asks why Carmen, who declares herself free as a bird, ends up trusting her fate to a man she knows will kill her, and it links that story to the many women killed by a current or former partner.
The cast features Siv Misund and Laura Mayer alternating as Carmen, with Anders Kampmann and Fredrik Bjellsäter as Don José and Lucas Bruun de Neergaard as Escamillo. The Den Jyske Opera Chorus and Aarhus Symphony Orchestra perform under conductor Marit Strindlund, with direction by Johanne Holten.
