CARMEN – BIZET
Presented on Dec 1, 3, 5, 10 at the Gaiety Theatre Dublin as part of the Dublin Grand Opera Society’s Winter Season
Cleopatra Ciurca – Carmen
Michele Molese – Don José
Maria Luisa Garbato – Micaëla
Platon Shvets – Escamillo
Rita Harpur – Frasquita
Mary O’Sullivan – Mercédès
Peter McBrien – Dancaïre
Brendan Cavanagh – Remendado
Seán Mitten – Zuniga
Frank O’Brien – Moralès
Albert Rosen – Conductor
Dario Micheli – Producer
Dario Micheli directed “Carmen” at short notice and as expected, staged it with his usual aplomb.
(Extracted from “Love and Music: The Glorious History of the Dublin Grand Opera Society” by Gus Smith, 1998)
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