{"id":19397,"date":"2026-07-07T13:38:55","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T11:38:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emag.baerenreiter.com\/unkategorisiert\/an-unheard-carmen\/"},"modified":"2026-07-07T13:41:42","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T11:41:42","slug":"an-unheard-carmen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emag.baerenreiter.com\/en\/baerenreiter-on-stage-en\/an-unheard-carmen\/","title":{"rendered":"An Unheard \u201cCarmen\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"
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An Unheard \u201cCarmen\u201d<\/span><\/h1>

The new edition of Bizet’s opera in Apulia and Salzburg<\/span><\/h3>
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At the Salzburg Festival, Georges Bizet’s \u201cCarmen\u201d will be performed in a version audiences have never heard before. The team led by director Gabriela Carrizo of the Peeping Tom Collective and conductor Teodor Currentzis has incorporated parts from the opera’s original version into their interpretation, allowing passages that Bizet originally composed for \u201cCarmen\u201d to be heard once more. Prior to the 1875 premiere, the composer was forced to cut, simplify and replace material, including densely polyphonic choral scenes, nuanced supporting roles, melodramas and, above all, Carmen’s opening aria. The famous Habanera was only incorporated into the work at a later stage, at the request of the singer in the lead role.
B\u00e4renreiter has published all surviving original versions of Georges Bizet’s op\u00e9ra-comique in a first edition by editor Paul Pr\u00e9vost, making it possible to rediscover one of the most successful works in opera history. The original 1874 version \u2014 \u201cthe fruit of Bizet’s creative imagination, before external interventions and the experience of rehearsals and staging influenced his thinking\u201d (Paul Pr\u00e9vost) \u2014 received its concert premiere in 2023 under the baton of Ren\u00e9 Jacobs. On 25 July, it will receive its first staged performance at the Festival della Valle d’Itria in Martina Franca (Apulia), directed by Denis Krief and conducted by Fabio Luisi.
After \u201cCarmen\u201d premiered in 1875 in a version that differed from the composer’s original intentions, the work was further altered and modified following Bizet’s untimely death. Drawing on the Op\u00e9ra-Comique performance materials and numerous additional sources, Paul Pr\u00e9vost’s B\u00e4renreiter edition reconstructs the text of the world premiere and, above all, offers a fresh perspective on the orchestration. In many respects, therefore, the premiere at the Salzburg Festival on 26 July 2026, featuring Asmik Grigorian (Carmen) and Jonathan Tetelman (Don Jos\u00e9), is eagerly anticipated.<\/p>\n\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Georges Bizet
Carmen. Op\u00e9ra-comique in four acts. Libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Hal\u00e9vy (versions of 1874, 1874\u20131875 and 1875). Edited by Paul Pr\u00e9vost, with a Foreword by Herv\u00e9 Lacombe. L’Op\u00e9ra fran\u00e7ais series.
Publisher: B\u00e4renreiter, BA08711, full score available on sale; performance material available on hire.
25 July 2026 \u2013 Martina Franca (Festival della Valle d’Itria)
Georges Bizet: Carmen, 1874 version (First staged production)
Musical direction: Fabio Luisi | Director: Denis Krief<\/p>\n

26 July 2026 \u2013 Salzburg (Salzburg Festival)
Georges Bizet: Carmen (premiere)
Musical direction: Teodor Currentzis | Director: Gabriela Carrizo (Peeping Tom)<\/p>\n\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n"},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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