Genre:
Opera
Release Date:
Mar 2006
Recorded:
2002
Number of Discs:
1
Sound:
Stereo
Subtitles:
EN
Territory Exclusions:
Australia, NZ, North America
Aspect Ratio:
4:3
Display:
NTSC
Catalog Number:
OAF4002D
Bizet: Carmen
Benazir Hussain (Carmen); Daryl Brandwood (); Errol Pickford (); Melissa Aurisch ();
West Australian Symphony Orchestra; Nicolette Fraillon
Stage Director(s): Ted Brandsen
Carmen is a timeless tragedy, never more relevant than today. It is a tale of desire, seduction, jealousy and betrayal. And in this, Ted Brandsens minimalist production, the devastating finale is heightened by the complete lack of artifice. Rodion Shchedrins fluid and muscular musical adaption fits this raw and original performance by the West Australian Ballet like Carmens red dress tight, revealing and, like the production, impossible to ignore. Filmed in 2002 at His Majestys Theatre, Perth.