Name: Die Fledermaus
Start: 2026-01-16T19:00:00
Location: Semperoper Dresden

Katrina Galka

Christoph Pohl

Valerie Eickhoff

Anton Beliaev

Gerald Hupach

Mario Lerchenberger

Markus Marquardt

Marcus Merkel

Wolfgang Stumph

Elissa Huber

Gisbert Jäkel

Jan Seeger

Otto Pichler

Günter Krämer

Falk Bauer

Semperoper Dresden

Is Carmen’s gaze only to be compared with that of a wild animal? The French writer Prosper Mérimée explored this question in his novella Carmen, which was the basis for Georges Bizet’s (1838-1875) final opera, which premiered at the Opéra-Comique in Paris on 3 March 1875. Carmen’s air of seduction is both her weapon and her downfall, for in the end she dies at the hands of her jealous lover, Don José. Carmen refuses to be told what to do and certainly doesn’t want to be rescued by Don José in the shifting sands in front of the bullfighting arena. She prefers death to having her life decided by others. In the extremely popular and passionate “Habanera” aria, which is our first encounter with Carmen, she paints a picture of herself: “Love is a rebellious bird that none can tame.” Her indomitable desire for freedom is stamped in her DNA.

Carmen

A story fizzing with irony and champagne, all danced to the sounds of the waltz.

Die Fledermaus