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Carmen - Glyndebourne Festival Opera

1985 · 174 min

A slow, emotionally charged staging where gorgeous music carries a doomed romance toward its inevitable, tragic end.

Overview: Don José is a guard who begins an affair with the tempestuous Carmen. He is imprisoned and loses his job, then flees with her to the mountains. When the relationship starts to break down José refuses to acknowledge it and will not leave, even when he gets news that his mother is dying. Carmen, meanwhile, has taken up with the bullfighter Escamillo. Bizet's most famous opera is brought to the Glyndebourne Festival Opera by Sir Peter Hall, with Maria Ewing and Barry McCauley heading an international cast.

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Tone: darkstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
romanticstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: obsession
love
betrayal
fate
freedom
Places: big city
countryside
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: musical
single location
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Action	2
Horror	1
Humour	2
Realism	6
Romance	7
Tension	6
Darkness	6
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	8

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Genres: music
Directed by: Peter Hall
Starring: Malcolm Walker, Marie McLaughlin, Barry McCauley, Xavier Depraz, Maria Ewing, Elizabeth Collier, Jean Rigby, Frederico Davià
Music: Georges Bizet
Runtime: 174 min
Country: United Kingdom
Languages: French

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