La Tragédie de Carmen

The Little Opera Company (LOC) closes its 2017|18 season with a favorite of opera lovers: Peter Brook’s La Tragédie de Carmen. This incredible opera will take place at the Théâtre Cercle Molière from June 7-10 and promises to capture the attention and hearts of the audience from the very first notes. Gypsy Carmen is a sizzling seductress, but play with her and you will get burned. Naïve young soldier Don Jose falls for her, leaving his homespun sweetheart Micaela in pursuit of a life of crime and lust with Carmen and her band. But when Carmen callously drops him for Escamillo the strutting bullfighter, jealousy ignites and Don Jose is pushed to the brink. Peter Brook’s gripping adaptation brings Bizet’s opera back to its origins of sexual intrigue, power, and complexity. In this distilled 90-minute production, Carmen’s embrace of her dark fate is elevated from an act of submission to an assertion of power. LOC is proud to acknowledge the support of its funders: the Gail Asper Family Foundation, the Manitoba Arts Council, the Winnipeg Arts Council, and The Winnipeg Foundation.