Carmen
By Sophia Al-Maria and Andrew Yee based on the opera by George Bizet
Inspired by the novella by Prosper Mérimée
Staging: Moved by the Motion
Moved by the Motion takes on the famous tragedy Carmen. Originally written by Prosper Mérimée and transformed into one of the most iconic operas of all time by Georges Bizet, Carmen’s tale has been adapted in numerous ways, inspiring popular culture and remaining in the collective consciousness through its controversy. Carmen is a rebellious bird, a wanderer, a hustler, a factory worker, a polylingual, shape-shifting lover, stateless and ungovernable.
In collaboration with writers Sophia Al-Maria and Fred Moten, Moved by the Motion digs through the many layers of Carmen’s legacy while taking the canonical source material further. Bizet’s original score weaves together with musical interventions by composers Andrew Yee and Asma Maroof to create a hybrid opera-theatre piece. Working seamlessly with language, movement, image and song, Moved by the Motion forms a genre-bending adaptation that reinterprets the themes that Carmen embodies: love, loss and liberation.
- Singers
- Ryan Capozzo / Katia Ledoux / Asude Karayavuz
- Extras
- Norah Knapp / Liam Rooney / Simon Thoeni / Valerie Tveiten / Dariia Yelahina
- Staging
- Wu Tsang
- Movement Direction
- Tosh Basco
- Choreography
- Josh Johnson
- Musical Direction
- Asma Maroof
- Composition
- Andrew Yee
- Text / Adaption
- Sophia Al-Maria
- Stage design
- Nicole Hoesli / Nina Mader
- Costume design
- Kyle Luu
- Light
- Frank Bittermann
- Conductor / Musical Direction Collegium Novum
- Zoi Tsokanou
- Correpetition
- Jonathan Palmer Lakeland / Kristina Yorgova
- Hair Design
- Sara Mathiasson
- Dramaturgy
- Helena Eckert
- Artistic Research
- Fred Moten / Pie.fmc (Pedro G. Romero, Joaquín Vázquez, Enrique Fuenteblanca)
- Audience Development
- Rona Schauwecker
- Touring & International Relations
- Sonja Hildebrandt
- Production Assistance
- Mahlia Theismann
- Stage design assistance
- Lenki Behm
- Costume design Assistance
- Anna Toni Vyshnyakova / Leonie Schöning
- Production intern
- Till Kadler / Edwina Strobl
- Stage design intern
- Reina Guyer
- Inspection
- Dayen Tuskan
- Soufflage
- Katja Weppler
A Production by Schauspielhaus Zürich
A collaboration with Collegium Novum Zurich Zurich & The Solti Foundation
Led by Zoi Tsokanou and Johnathan Palmer Lakeland
In co-production: Hartwig Art Foundation
Supported by Raymond J Bär, Else v. Sick Foundation and Beyond Foundation
Artistic Research Supported by TBA21, Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary
Dates with Katia Ledoux as Carmen: 4/8/12 May.
Dates with Asude Karayavuz as Carmen: 6/7/10/13/23/25/27/28 May & 1/2/5/8 June.
- World premiere: 4. May 2024, Schiffbau-Halle
- Schiffbau-Halle
- English Surtitles
- 🛈 Introduction 30 min before the play on 6.5., 8.5., 10.5., 13.5. and 27.5.
- Premiere
