And so this production’s ending has the heroine shooting to death Don Jose. But those in the cast thought the time was ripe for a new finale given Italy’s recent, burgeoning movement to combat male violence against female partners or relatives. In the classic opera, first performed in Paris in 1875, the feisty gypsy Carmen is murdered by Don Jose in a fit of jealousy.
The production of Carmen this month at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino theatre in Florence is the talk of the town, and seats are sold out through the last performance on January 18. Carmen, the opera heroine, gets to live instead of being slain - thanks to a bold twist to the finale of the Georges Bizet work by some who believe it’s time to say enough to violence against women.
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