The Tragedy of Carmen
Director Peter Brook
Countries France
Duration 85 min
Synopsis
“In 1983, stage director Peter Brook, in collaboration with writer Jean-Claude Carrière and composer Marius Constant, stunned the opera world by presenting, in a a theater in Paris, a revision of Bizet’s Carmen that ran just ninety minutes. Brook eliminated many characters in order to concentrate the action on the four main ones.” Jean-François Lejeune
“In 1983, stage director Peter Brook, in collaboration with writer Jean-Claude Carrière and composer Marius Constant, stunned the opera world by presenting, in a a theater in Paris, a revision of Bizet’s Carmen that ran just ninety minutes. Brook eliminated many characters in order to concentrate the action on the four main ones.” Jean-François Lejeune