Georges Bizet's Carmen 
presented by the Emerald City Opera and Steamboat Springs Chamber Resort Association

Day and Time: Thursday, Aug. 19, 7:00 pm
Where: Strings Music Pavilion

Admission: $30


About the Performance: Carmen will be presented in a concert format: the stage will be filled with a 27 piece symphony orchestra, chorus and internationally acclaimed singers including performers from the New York Metropolitan Opera. The company will not be utilizing expensive sets or costumes for this concert, but the storyline (with English supertitles) will be fully realized by these accomplished artists, most of whom have portrayed their characters in productions at the world’s most renowned opera houses.

The Cast:
Carmen,  Sandra Piques Eddy
Don José,  Jason Baldwin
Escamillo,  David Malis
Micaëla,  Keri Rusthoi
Zuniga,   Keith Miller
Moralès,  Willliam Bennett Billard
Frasquita,  Valeska Cambron
Mercédès,  Patricia Hansen
Le Dancaïre,  Jordan Shaner
Le Remendado,  Steven Goldstein
Chorus: Rena Ahmed, Gerry Audesirk, Natalie Avila, Joseph Becker, Pedro Betancourt, William Bennett Billard, Sarita Cannon, Mary Beth Eversole, Margaret Felice, Samantha Geraci-Yee, Brian Harrington, Miyuki Hashimoto, Meggan Herod, Justin Hicks, Cynthia Jacobs, Sydney

Steven Byess, Conductor

About: Georges Bizet's Carmen
The story is set in Seville, Spain, about 1830.  Carmen is a beautiful Gypsy with a fiery temper.  Free with her love, she tells the soldiers that love obeys no known laws. Only one man pays no attention to her – the corporal Don José.  Carmen throws a flower at him and wins his love.  Later, Carmen is arrested for fighting, but Don Jose allows her to escape and he himself is arrested.  Their relationship leads to his rejection of his former girlfirend, Micaela, and finally to fall in with a gang of smugglers. 

Carmen's attention turns to the bullfighter Escamillo, and she taunts Don Jose, arousing his jealousy.  While Carmen helps the smugglers, Micaela appears and convinces Don Jose to visit his dying mother, but his attraction to Carmen remains and he returns to Seville.  While the crowd is heard cheering Escamillo, José tries to prevent Carmen from joining her new lover. Carmen finally loses her temper, takes from her finger the ring that José once gave her, and throws it at his feet. José stabs her, and then confesses to the murder of the woman he loved.

Own the Artwork - SEALED BID AUCTION for “CARMEN” closes at 11 PM on August 19 at the Diva Gala, Three Peaks Grill