2023-07-12 18:16:26
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Big premiere evening in St. Margarethen: “Carmen” premieres in the opera in the quarry on Wednesday evening. Celebrities from politics and high society don’t miss the opera by George Bizet.
12.07.2023 20.15
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Numerous guests came to St.Margarethen on Wednesday evening for the big premiere. Director Daniel Serafin welcomed numerous well-known guests to the opera at the quarry. From politics, Minister of Labor and Economic Affairs Martin Kocher, Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg and former Federal Chancellor Brigitte Bierlein, among others, did not miss the premiere.
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Weather presenter Christa Kummer, singer Waterloo, Esterhazy Managing Director Karl Wessely, Harald Serafin, actor Philipp Breitenecker, journalist Maggie Entenfellner, Business Agency Burgenland Managing Director Michael Gerbavsits and ORF Burgenland presenter Elisabeth Gerbavsits also came to the premiere of “Carmen”.
Oper im Steinbruch relies on classics
It was not for nothing that “Carmen” was chosen this year for the opera in the quarry: the opera is considered to be one of the most performed and popular operas in the world. This year it will be staged for the fourth time in the St. Margarethen quarry – more on this in First details on “Carmen” in the quarry and “Carmen”: The classic as a crowd puller.
ORF Cloud-free skies on the grounds of the opera in the quarry just under 30 minutes before the start of the premiere
The first cast of Carmen is Canadian-Lebanese singer Joyce El-Khoury. She has engagements at the major international opera houses in London, Madrid and Sydney. She has already appeared in various roles in the opera “Carmen”: she sang Frasquita at the Metropolitan Opera in New York and Micaela in Santa Fe, but she is making her debut as the title character Carmen. Allessandro Camera designed the stage design in St.Margarethen, the costumes by Carla Ricotti.
You can also watch the premiere of “Carmen” in the opera in the quarry live with a time delay from 9:05 p.m. on ORF-III or HERE follow in the live stream.
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