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The opera that started it all!...
Gone are the pompous gods and heroes of antiquity, enter real people
and real life in a dazzling whirl of brilliant color and vitality with music to match!
Jealousy, superstition, love, betrayal, honor, murder, all are intertwined
with fierce passion to create... a masterpiece!
Mariella Nocetti and John Tsotsoros
Music by
Georges Bizet
Libretto by
Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy
After the novella “Carmen” by
Prosper Mérimée
First performed at
Opéra Comique, Paris
March 3, 1875
 
Production Design by
Renato Cesarino
Costumes by
C. Clara George
 
Conducted and Directed by
Ron De Fesi
Sunday, July 22, 2007 at 4:00 P.M.
Saturday, August 11, 2007 at 8:00 P.M.
Sunday, August 12, 2007 at 4:00 P.M.
ORANGE HALL THEATRE
SUNY ORANGE
120 South Street • Middletown, NY
Sunday, July 29, 2007 at 3:00 P.M.
SEELIG THEATRE
SULLIVAN COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE
115 College Road • Loch Sheldrake, NY
Saturday, August 4, 2007
at 8:00 P.M.
Sunday, August 5, 2007
at 4:00 P.M.
DICAPO OPERA THEATRE
184 East 76th Street
New York, NY 10021
The Cast
Mariella Nocetti
mezzo-soprano
as Carmen
John Tsotsoros
tenor
as Don José
Kevin Grace
baritone
as Escamillo
Kristin Sampson
soprano
as Micaëla
Kristi Kelly
soprano
as Frasquita
Kathryn Alicia Tate
mezzo-soprano
as Mercédes
Gustavo Morales
baritone
as Morales
Bryce Smith
basso cantante
as Zuniga
Joseph Mayon
tenor
as El Remendado
Silvan Hilaire
baritone
as El Dancaïro
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