The fiercely independent Carmen becomes ensnared in a high-stakes game among garrison soldiers, smugglers, and a superstar bullfighter in Bizet’s blockbuster opera. The COC’s classic production transports audiences to a sun-drenched setting of bustling street scenes and outlaw hideaways, with a dramatic climax that crackles with electricity.

Conductor: Jacques Lacombe
Director: Joel Ivany
Lighting Designer: Jason Hand
Original Set Designer: Michael Yeargan
Original Costume Designer: François St. Aubin
Fight Director and Intimacy Coordinator: Siobhan Richardson
Price Family Chorus Master: Sandra Horst

Carmen: J’Nai Bridges, Rihab Chaieb (October 20 and 22)
Don José: Marcelo Puente
Micaëla: Joyce El-Khoury, Anna-Sophie Neher (October 28, 30, and November 4)
Escamillo: Lucas Meachem, Gregory Dahl (October 30 and November 4)
Zuniga: Alain Coulombe
Le Dancaïre: Jonah Spungin
Le Remendado: Jean-Philippe Lazure
Frasquita: Ariane Cossette
Mercédès: Alex Hetherington
Moralès: Alex Halliday

With the COC Orchestra and Chorus

A Canadian Opera Company production

The COC Orchestra is generously sponsored, in part, by W. Bruce C. Bailey