CARMEN

THE PASSION AND THE JEALOUSY

With City Ballet Orchestra, John Nettles conducting

Performances

Concert Hall
California Center for the Arts,
Escondido

Sat, May 3, 2025 at 8:00pm

Sun, May 4, 2025 at 2:00pm

Free lecture by City Ballet Artistic Director Steven Wistrich starts 45 minutes prior to each performance

Tickets

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Program

City Ballet of San Diego’s 32^nd season closes with two spectacular one-act ballets, with live music performed by the City Ballet Orchestra, John Nettles Conducting.

Programming subject to change

Carmen

This visually spectacular one-act production of Carmen, set in southern Spain, follows the downfall of Don José, a naïve soldier who is seduced by the wiles of the fiery Carmen. José abandons his childhood sweetheart and deserts from his military duties yet loses Carmen’s love to the glamorous torero Escamillo.

Choreography

Elizabeth Wistrich (1989)

Music

Carmen by Georges Bizet (1875), with arrangement by Rodion Shchedrin (1967)

Last performed by City Ballet of San Diego in May 2017

Second Ballet To Be Announced

Programming subject to change

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