With a scenario full of sensuality and drama. Santiago Ballet presents Carmenwith choreography by Marcia Haydée and designs of costumes and scenery by Pablo Nunez. The production, that premiered in 2004 in our Theatre, is based on the work by Prosper Mérimée and uses the original music of Georges Bizet's opera, plus other kind of music by the same composer adapted especially by pianist Dobreva Albena.
It's history star in Seville, Spain,Carmen is set in Seville, Spain, where the cigarreras of a factory snuff have captivated passersby and soldiers of the place. In special to Don Jose, Sergeant of Dragoons, who is committed to sweet the Micaela. However, the sergeant is seduced by Carmen, one of the cigarreras.Carmen does not care about his imprisonment because he knows that Don José, and in love with her, favor his escape. And so it is. In return, Carmen promises a romantic meeting in the tavern Pastia Lillas. In that place the gypsy offers flee to the mountains and take shelter in the shelter of a smuggling ring of which she is a part. But the cigarrera begins to be attracted to the bullfighter Escamillo. Don Jose not adapt to that life of freedom disillusioning Carmen.
The Torero appears when starting a fight with Don José, who senses he has lost the love of the gypsy and returns with Micaela.
