May 16 & 18, 2025
Friday at 7:30 PM | Sunday at 2:30 PM
Uihlein Hall, Marcus Performing Arts Center
Run Time 2h 55 m, with one intermission
Performed in French with English subtitles
Rated PG-13, adult themes, seduction, murder, cheating
Performance Events
Versed
May 7, 2025
At 5:30pm
Lueders Opera Center
Opening Night Dinner
May 16 at 5:30pm
Saint Kate Arc Theater
Pre-Opera Talk
May 16 at 6:30pm and May 18 at 1:30pm
Anello Atrium (MPAC)
Opening Night Post-Show Party
May 16 after the show
Saint Kate Hotel
Cash bar
Role Sponsor - Don Jose
Mary Ann and Charles LaBahn
Opening Night Sponsors
Claire and Glen Hackmann
Role Sponsor - Micaela
Drs. Peter Drescher and Karin Madsen Drescher
Dr. Richard Grunke & Mr. William Grasch
Celebrated worldwide, Carmen remains an unmissable opera that inspired a legend. Bizet’s Carmen is centered on the passionate and free-spirited Carmen, a seductive cigarette factory worker who lives by her own rules. Her love triangle with soldier Don José and bullfighter Escamillo leads to jealousy, betrayal, and tragedy. Carmen's fierce independence and tragic end make it a compelling tale of love, obsession, and fate.
Need the TL;DR? Don’t worry—Maggey’s got you covered! Here’s her quick take:
Artists & Cast
Produced in partnership with Virginia Opera
Composed by Georges Bizet
Libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, (based on the novella by Prosper Mérimée)
Conducted by Francesco Milioto
Stage directed by Kyle Lang*
Wig & Makeup Designer: Erica Cartledge
Supertitles Designer: Dyan Yoder
With the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
Featuring The Florentine Opera Chorus, Dr. Benjamin Rivera, Chorus Master
Schools on Stage La Escuela Fratney
Carmen Lisa Marie Rogali*
Don José Zach Borichevsky*
Escamillo Rolfe Dauz*
Micaëla Kathryn Henry^
Zuniga Christian Simmons*
El Dancaïre Brandan Sanchez +
El Remendado Jerek Fernández +
Moralès Zachary Crowle^
Frasquita Sara LeMesh +
Mercédès Lauryn Nelson +
*Indicates Florentine Opera Debut | + Baumgartner Studio Artist | ^ Baumgartner Studio Artist Alum
