Temperature measurement, masks, distancing ... Health precautions were provided on Friday evening at the Monte-Carlo Opera to ensure the performance of Carmen in front of hundreds of people.
Unlike France, the Principality of Monaco is not confined, only a curfew being in force from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m., since November 1, to stem the spread of the virus.
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Despite health constraints, the institution has maintained the three performances scheduled for this month of November of Bizet's famous opera, "
so that the show continues, because all our teams, all the artists are enthusiastic and because everything is necessary. do not let go
”declared on the official site Jean-Louis Grinda, director of the Opera.
"Faced with the headwinds of the period we are going through, the Opera hopes that these invitations will allow new spectators to discover the pleasure of an opera performance"
Jean-Louis Grinda, director of the Opéra de Monte-Carlo
The Monte-Carlo Opera has even decided, in agreement with the authorities of the Principality and in strict compliance with health instructions, to offer Monegasques and residents the possibility of attending these two performances free of charge (the second s is held this Sunday).
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Faced with the headwinds of the period we are going through, the Opera hopes that these invitations will allow new spectators to discover the pleasure of an opera performance
", adds the director who extends the experience by rescheduling that of Tuesday 24 November.
The famous four-act opera had not been performed in the Principality for 20 years.
In this new production, directed by Jean-Louis Grinda himself, the public was able to admire on stage the mezzo-soprano Aude Extrémo in the main role and the Monegasque tenor, Jean-François Borras.
Carmen
is the ultimate masterpiece of the lyric composer, Alexandre César Léopold Bizet, known as Georges Bizet.
It is one of the most represented operas in the world which is sometimes the subject of bitter debate, like the version of Leo Muscato in Florence, in 2018. The director then decided to spare the tobacco company, making she a killer.
A scriptwriting choice that did not convince the public of the Teatro del Maggio, whose premiere was marked by the outraged whistles of the public.
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