Premiered on April 22, 2008.
Presented with one interval.
Running time: 3 hours 10 minutes.
The score has been made available by Schott Music GmbH, Mainz.
Technical support by Samsung Electronics.
Libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy after the novel of the same name by Prosper Mérimée
Original version with dialogues
Music Director: Yuri Temirkanov
Stage Director: David Pountney
Set Designer: Robert Innes Hopkins
Costume Designer: Marie-Jeanne Lecca
Chorus Master: Valery Borisov
Lighting Designer: Damir Ismagilov
Choreographer: Beate Vollack
Assosiate Director: Julia Pevzner
 A scene from Act I. Yekaterina Shcherbachenko as Micaela. Mikhail Diyakov as Morales. Photo by Damir Yusupov. |  A scene from Act I. Vladimir Ognev as Zuniga. Photo by Damir Yusupov. |  Habanera. Nadia Krasteva as Carmen. Photo by Damir Yusupov. |  A scene from Act I. Photo by Damir Yusupov. |  A scene from Act I. Irina Dolzhenko as Carmen. Gerard Powers as Don Jose. Photo by Damir Yusupov. |  A scene from Act I. Nadia Krasteva as Carmen. Gerard Powers as Don Jose. Photo by Damir Yusupov. |  A scene from Act I. Vladimir Ognev as Zuniga. Nadia Krasteva as Carmen. Gerard Powers as Don Jose. Photo by Damir Yusupov. |  Lillas Pastia’s bar. Photo by Damir Yusupov. |  A scene from Act II. Alexander Vinogradov as Escamillo. Photo by Damir Yusupov. |  Alexander Vinogradov as Escamillo. Irina Dolzhenko as Carmen. Photo by Damir Yusupov. |  Nadia Krasteva as Carmen. Gerard Powers as Don Jose. Photo by Damir Yusupov. |  A scene from Act III. Photo by Damir Yusupov. |  Gerard Powers as Don Jose. Irina Dolzhenko as Carmen. Photo by Damir Yusupov. |  A scene from Act III. Yekaterina Shcherbachenko as Micaela. Gerard Powers as Don Jose. Nadia Krasteva as Carmen. Photo by Damir Yusupov. |  A scene from Act IV. Nikolai Kazansky as Dancairo. Photo by Damir Yusupov. |  Nadia Krasteva as Carmen. Photo by Damir Yusupov. |  Nadia Krasteva as Carmen. Gerard Powers as Don Jose. Photo by Damir Yusupov. |  Nadia Krasteva as Carmen. Gerard Powers as Don Jose. Photo by Damir Yusupov. |
