Please note there will be gunshots in the performance at the end of act 2 and the end of act 4. Pre-Show Bites (hors d’oeuvres and cash bar) available before each show with a per person cost of $20 for Friday and $15 for Sunday, available by calling Rron at the Kentucky Opera, 50. Parking is available at the Brown Hotel Garage - access via 3rd St and valet parking in front of the Brown Theatre for $15 Opera Talk Back with the conductor following each of the Sunday performances Opera Unwrapped with the cast and creative following each of the Sunday performances Featuring Bizet’s magnetic music, hear some of the most recognizable melodies in opera, including the “Habanera,” the “Seguidilla,” and the famous “Toreador Song.” Carmen is a heroine for the ages.Sung in French with English supertitles Carmen struggles to overcome her tragic circumstances. Can we kill the one we love with love? The fiery beauty of Bizet’s music, where one unforgettable aria follows another, has worked year in, year out to make it the world’s most performed opera.Can the power within give you the strength to survive your circumstance? Composed to a libretto by Meilhac and Halévy based on Prosper Mérimée’s novella, the opera exploded the boundaries between tragedy and comedy with a modernity that caused a scandal at the time. Fate will do the rest. Though immediately regarded as a masterpiece throughout Europe, it took time for Carmen to win acceptance in Paris where it received a lukewarm reception at its premiere in 1875. The first words uttered by Carmen mark one of the greatest entrances in the history of opera and express all that need be said: “Love is a rebellious bird that no one can tame…” With a devilish sway of the hips and a hint of Andalusian flair, the beautiful cigar-maker sets her sights on a soldier: Don José. While attending CSUF, she took on a varied number of roles in the school’s opera productions, including Mozart’s COSI FAN TUTTI (Dorabella), Ravel’s L’ENFANT ET LES SORTILEGES (L’enfant), and scenes from Berlioz’s BEATRICE ET BENEDICT (Beatrice), Rossini’s. "And taking the flower from her mouth, she threw it at me with a jerk of her thumb and struck me right between the eyes." Emily Weinberg is a mezzo-soprano who has been studying with private teacher Daniel Hendrick (tenor) for the last 12 years.
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