Diana Soh composes the score for a new rendition of Bizet’s Carmen

‘The Carmen Case’, a new interpretation of Bizet’s carmen, will premiere at the TAP in POITIERS In may 2023

This new rendition of Bizet’s famous opera, Carmen, takes a new perspective, questioning both our empathy with Don José and our acceptance of Carmen’s death. ‘The Carmen Case’ takes us to court for José’s trial for murdering Carmen, with the added character of a Judge.  It mixes Bizet’s music (the music retraces the story up until Carmen’s death) and Diana Soh’s new composition (representing an interpretation of what happened, revealing what memory retains or omits).

For the premiere at the TAP in Poitiers in May, Ensemble Ars Nova examine this new work alongside conductor Lucie Leguay. Written and staged by Alexandra Lacroix and composed by Diana Soh, the opera is a co-production with La Chapelle Musicale in Brussels and Théâtre du Luxembourg, the Gulbenkian Foundation and Opéra de Bordeaux, where the work will be repeated in January 2024 (with Ensemble Lucilin).

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25th march 2023 | MaerzMusik-Berliner Festspiele, Germany 

PROGRAMME

New Work: La Ville-Zizi

for solo voice
Mezzo-Soprano: Laura Bowler 
Text: Marion Aubert

4th may 2023 | Theatre auditorium de poitiers

PROGRAMME

New Work: The Carmen Case

Opera for 13 instruments and 8 singers
Ensemble Ars Nova (2023) & Ensemble Lucilin (2024)
Text and Direction: Alexandra Lacroix
Musical Director: Lucie Leguay

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25th may 2023 | MusoSpace, singapore

PROGRAMME

New Work: Of the spaces between

for 6 instruments and electronics
Ensemble Æquilibium Singapore

24th June 2023 | ile de Saint SeineDenis, France

PROGRAMME

New Work: Ackee

for 6 female voices
Text: Marion Aubert
Ensemble Vocal Sequenza 93 (dir. Catherine Simonpietri)

15th jULY 2023 | Pavillion Noir, Festival d'Aix en Provence

PROGRAMME

New Work: Façons tragiques de tuer une femme

Chamber Opera for 3 singers, 2 actors, vocal ensemble and amplified object-orchestra
Direction: Lisenka Heijboer Castañón
Text: Sabryna Pierre