Carmen

By Sophia Al-Maria and Andrew Yee based on the opera by George Bizet
Inspired by the novella by Prosper Mérimée
Staging: Wu Tsang with 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 Moton, 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.

Artistic Direction
Moved by the Motion
Staging
Wu Tsang
Movement Direction
Tosh Basco
Choreography
Josh Johnson
Musical Direction
Asma Maroof
Composition
Andrew Yee
Script
Sophia Al-Maria
Stage design
Nicole Hoesli / Nina Mader
Costume design
Kyle Luu
Dramaturgical Collaboration
Fred Moten

A cooperation with Collegium Novum Zürich

  • World premiere: 4. May 2024, Schiffbau-Halle
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Saturday 04.05. 19:30 Schiffbau-Halle
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The Directors Talk
About Season 23/24

The 23/24 season of the Schauspielhaus Zürich will be special. Not only because it is the last season of Nicolas Stemann's and Benjamin von Blomberg's directorship, but also because the eight house directors are all returning to the house once again to work on new productions. In eight short videos, they talk about their plans.

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