Carmen has just been murdered. Her ex-boyfriend José finally confesses to the crime... This feminicide of rare violence is dividing public opinion as the hearing officially opens.
The Carmen Case is a closed-door show in which the prosecutor, the victim, the accused, the defence and the witnesses present the facts, respond to the accusations, challenge the slander... All to music. Based on Georges Bizet's famous opera, Alexandra Lacroix and composer Diana Soh engage in an astonishing form of contemporary historical fiction that shows that the Carmen case is never closed...
Coproduced by Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg, Chapelle Musicale Reine Elisabeth, ensemble Ars Nova, Cie MPDA, Fondation Gulbenkian, La Monnaie/De Munt, TAP - Théâtre Auditorium de Poitiers, OARA, ensemble Lucilin, Opéra de Limoges, Opéra National de Bordeaux.