Paris (AFP)
"Carmen", Bizet's masterpiece and opera among the most represented in the world, will be given in stage version at the Stade de France in September 2020 with Roberto Alagna, one of the most famous tenors in the world.
It will be the first appearance of the star singer at the Stade de France (55,000 seats configuration) in Saint-Denis, which hosts for the eighth time an opera production.
"I defend lyrical art as a folk art, whatever one may say, if we manage to reach the crowd in a football stadium, we won," said the French-Italian tenor at AFP on the sidelines. a conference on the event, which is held on a single date, September 19, 2020.
"There are still clichés about the opera, it's elitist and expensive, but today there have never been so many opera events and opera festivals in the world. the spectators take a first step, "adds the singer born in Clichy-sous-Bois.
He will sing the role of Don José, the Brigadier in love with the famous bohemian, who will be played by French mezzo-soprano Béatrice Uria-Monzon. Aleksandra Kurzak, another great name on the operatic stage and also wife of Alagna, will sing the character of Micaëla.
The staging, which will include 300 artists on a front stage and 500 costumes, is signed Charles Roubaud who has already mounted "Nabucco" and "Aida" at the Stade de France.
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