VietNamNet Bridge – The HCMC Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera (HBSO) will present Georges Bizet’s classic Spanish love story Carmen at the HCMC Opera House at 8 p.m. today, June 11.

Vietnamese conductor Tran Nhat Minh - Photo: Courtesy of HBSO
The French composer’s classic brings together jealousy, betrayal and death in the form of contemporary opera and ballet. It is two parts with Roma symphony in C Major under the baton of Tran Nhat Minh before performances by Nguyen Thu Trang, Ho Phi Diep, Pham Duc Nhuan and the HBSO artists finish the performance.

Set in early 19th century Seville, Carmen, directed by Swede Helena Rohr and conducted by Brit Graham Sutcliffe, follows the epic story of a beautiful but fiery gypsy girl Carmen, who finds herself in the midst of a love triangle between her boyfriend Don Jose, an army soldier, and bullfighter Escamillo.

When Jose finds out she is seeing Escamillo, he loses the plot and vows to kill her.

Tickets are priced at VND300,000, VND250,000 and VND150,000 and VND60,000 for students and are on sale at the Opera House Box Office, tel: 08 3823 7419, info@hbso.org.vn.

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