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Creating Carmen

Part of the CarmenCo & The Telling: Creating Carmen - 2025 Series

Add to my Calendar 30-01-2025 19:30 30-01-2025 21:30 36 Creating Carmen In collaboration with CarmenCo, The Telling presents Creating Carmen, a concertplay (where music and theatre collide) by award-winning writer Clare Norburn and BAFTA-nominated director, Nicholas Renton, performed by CarmenCo.​ Prosper Merimée is struggling with his latest novella (on which Bizet’s Carmen is based), when his leading character, Carmen, turns up in his study, larger than life, with a band of musicians in tow and chaos in her wake. Which one of them controls the narrative? And what will happen when Carmen discovers the nasty ending Mérimée has planned for her?​ A fun-filled evening of fantasy, comedy, drama and tremendous music from Bizet’s Carmen and Spanish-inspired music by Boccherini, Manuel de Falla, García Lorca, Granados, Ravel and Albeniz, all arranged and performed by the prizewinning trio, CarmenCo: Emily Andrews (flute/mezzo), David Massey and Francisco Correa (classical guitars). ★★★★ “Bouts of intimacy, creativity and comedy” – The Latest “Clare Norburn’s thoughtful, intelligent Creating Carmen… a piece which is full of cleverness and ingenuity”- Susan Elkin, Lark Reviews “intelligent… finds new terrain” The Guardian on Clare Norburn’s writing OSO Arts Centre, London DD/MM/YYYY

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OSO Arts Centre
49 Station Road
Barnes

London
SW13 0LF
England


Programme

Georges BizetCarmen

Performers

CarmenCo

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Programme Note

In collaboration with CarmenCo, The Telling presents Creating Carmen, a concertplay (where music and theatre collide) by award-winning writer Clare Norburn and BAFTA-nominated director, Nicholas Renton, performed by CarmenCo.​

Prosper Merimée is struggling with his latest novella (on which Bizet’s Carmen is based), when his leading character, Carmen, turns up in his study, larger than life, with a band of musicians in tow and chaos in her wake. Which one of them controls the narrative? And what will happen when Carmen discovers the nasty ending Mérimée has planned for her?​

A fun-filled evening of fantasy, comedy, drama and tremendous music from Bizet’s Carmen and Spanish-inspired music by Boccherini, Manuel de Falla, García Lorca, Granados, Ravel and Albeniz, all arranged and performed by the prizewinning trio, CarmenCo: Emily Andrews (flute/mezzo), David Massey and Francisco Correa (classical guitars).

★★★★ “Bouts of intimacy, creativity and comedy” – The Latest

“Clare Norburn’s thoughtful, intelligent Creating Carmen… a piece which is full of cleverness and ingenuity”- Susan Elkin, Lark Reviews

“intelligent… finds new terrain” The Guardian on Clare Norburn’s writing

Creating Carmen

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