City Ballet's Carmen

City Ballet's Carmen

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

 

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

 

Divertimento No. 15

Pairing perfection. The choreography showcases Balanchine’s brilliant use of space, and the geometric precision of his movement patterns and groupings. The music is one of Mozart’s greatest works, the epitome of 18th-century aristocratic music.

 

Choreography

George Balanchine (1956)

 

Music

Divertimento No. 15 in B-flat major, K. 287 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1777)

 

Last performed by City Ballet of San Diego in May 2007

 

Presenter / Producer: City Ballet of San Diego

 

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d Categories

Dance > Ballet

Performance Times

Saturday May 3rd at 8PM

Sunday May 4th at 2pm