Carmen

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Carmen is a rebellious bird, a wanderer, a hustler, a factory worker, a polylingual, shape-shifting lover, stateless and ungovernable. In collaboration with writers Sophia Al-Maria and Fred Moten, Moved by the Motion digs through the many layers of Carmen’s legacy while taking the source material further. Bizet’s original score weaves together with musical interventions by composers Andrew Yee and Asma Maroof to create this hybrid opera-theatre piece. Working seamlessly with language, movement, image and song, Moved by the Motion forms a genre-bending adaptation that reinterprets the themes that Carmen embodies: love, loss and liberation. Based on the opera by George Bizet & inspired by the novella by Prosper Mérimée.

Staging

Wu Tsang & moved by the motion

Creative Direction

Tosh Basco

Choreography

Josh Johnson

Musical Direction

Asma Maroof

Composition

Andrew Yee

Conductors

Zoi Tsokanou und Jonathan Palmer Lakeland

Screenplay

Sophia Al-Maria

Stage Design

Nina Mader & Nicole Hoesli

Costume Design

Kyle Luu

Production

Schauspielhaus Zürich
 2024

Co-production

Hartwig Art Foundation / Collegium Novum Zürich / Georg Solti Accademia

Photo Credit

Inès Manai

Singers

Katia Ledoux
 / Asude Karayavu / Ryan Capozzo

With Alicia Aumüller / Tosh Basco / Ryan Capozzo
 / Emeka* Ene / Tabita Johannes / Josh Johnson / Asude Karayavuz / Katia Ledoux
 / Mickey Mahar / Perle Palombe / Benjamin Radjaipour / Steven Sowah / Sophie Yukiko