Carmen La Scala ..almost there to your Radio, TV or cinema :-)

On TV : Classica in Italy live (from 17,30 CET time) and for the rest of Europe Arte with a small delay (from 20,45 CET time)
On Arte you can also see a video Interview with Emma Dante and read interviews with JK and Erwin Schrott HERE

On Radio: on Rai3 you can stream it live by clicking here (Real Player needed) Though from experience they don't have the best of streams or recordings...
Good alternative:

BR Klassik which you can listen to by clicking here or opening this shortcut link from your Windows media player. (According to their program information they will air an interview with Jonas Kaufmann in the 1st interval)

And some last minute press:-)

7th December:

La Stampa interview Barenboim
La Stampa aricle on the opera and Bizet
El pais interview Barenboim

6th December

Corriere della sera article with interview with Anita R and JK
Two articles from Il Giornale : one on Jonas and the other on Anita and the anteprima
La Stampa on the anteprima, funny and interesting article, in spite of the ironic tone i couldn't agree more with the author on the importance of attracting fresh audience to the opera :-)

So before the hall fills up with people let's all wish them In boca al lupo!!!

Carmen La Scala amuse-bouches

Update article Il Giornale here about the past and the present. Lucky young audience will see today the ante-prima :-)




All images copyright Teatro alla Scala from a theatre handout

Conductor Daniel Barenboim
Staging and Costumes Emma Dante
Sets Richard Peduzzi
Lights Dominique Bruguière

Cast
Carmen Anita Rachvelishvili
Don José Jonas Kaufmann
Escamillo Erwin Schrott
Micaëla Adriana Damato
Mercédès Adriana Kučerová
Frasquita Michèle Losier
Le Dancaïre Francis Dudziak
Le Remendado Rodolphe Briand
Moralès Mathias Hausmann
Zuniga Gabor Bretz

As most of you already know the premiere is on the 7th of December and many lucky ones will be able to watch it live in the cinemas (some over 200 of them world wide in some 25 countries, plus everyone who is ale to receive ARTE TV).
There is an amazing degree of media attention in the Italian press, but not only :-) So here are some bits and bos for you, all in Italiano :-)

Interview Jonas Kaufmann

Interview Anita Rachvelishvili

Interview Erwin Schrott

Interview Emma Dante

And HERE on Sky Italia a short video interview with all of the above, Sky Italia will also air the premiere live on TV.

And you can google.it for much much much more...

Then there are of course the photos :-) Enjoy!

First, the models of the stageing




Then ... Jose meets Carmen...
And she throws him La fleur....


Si tu ne m'aimes pas, je t'aime; Si je t'aime, Prends garde à toi!


Parle-moi de ma mère! (photo from Reuters)



La taverne de Lillas Pastia


Then there was Escamillo ... Et que l'amour t'attend. Toréador, l'amour, l'amour t'attend


La raison c'est qu'en ce moment ...

.....Je suis amoureuse.

et voila... le Dragon :-)
Je vais danser en votre honneur Et vous verrez, seigneur, Comment je sais moi-même accompagner ma danse, Mettez-vous là, Don José, je commence. La la la la la la la la la la la la …


JOSÉ violemment: Tu m'entendras! Oui, tu m'entendras! Je le veux, Carmen, tu m'entendras!


Pour t'emparer de tout mon être, Ô ma Carmen. Et j'étais une chose à toi. Carmen, je t'aime!

Mais..
Le ciel ouvert, la vie errante, Pour pays tout l'univers Pour loi ta volonté, Et surtout la chose enivrante: La liberté! La liberté!


And the last ones (finally an Escamillo to put the right balance to Jonas' Jose :-)!)
..A ce jeu de couteau /Je suis trop fort pour toi. ... Tout beau. Ta vie est à moi, mais en somme J'ai pour métier de frapper le taureau, Non de trouer le cour de l'homme...



And because at the end of the day it is all about the music, let's indulge! I know you all want to hear this :-))))



Thanks for the video leonorafl