What makes good musical cabaret? Presenting classical music in a humorous way without denouncing it. And that is precisely the recipe for success of the duo Sabine Fischmann and Michael Quast. Based on thorough analysis of the work and joyful musicality, they sometimes resort to drastic means – to the delight of the audience – and caricature the operatic cast with wit and charm. After "The Bat" and "Don Giovanni," which they presented at the Salzburg Festival, for example, the program now features another blockbuster of operatic literature, "Carmen," which is based on Bizet's original version as an opéra comique with spoken dialogue. Naturally, it is about the eternally feminine, the eternally masculine, and the eternally snappy. The rebellious little bird that Carmen sings of love as is not plucked, but freed from the cage of operatic convention.

Michael Quast

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Aug 20, 2025

“Carmen à trois” · Rheingau Musik Festival

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