Mikhailovsky Theatre
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Mikhailovsky Theater · St Petersburg
13 Oct 2026
RUB 1,500 – RUB 10,000
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Production
Classical & Orchestral
– Mikhailovsky Theater, St Petersburg
- Date
- Tuesday, 13 October 2026
- Time
- 19:00
- Duration
- 02:50
- Venue
- Mikhailovsky Theater
- Address
- Ploshchad' Iskusstv, 1, Sankt-Peterburg, Russia, 191186
- City
- St Petersburg
- Organisation
- Mikhailovsky Theatre
- Language
- French
- Price range
- RUB 1,500 – RUB 10,000
About this event
This Mikhailovsky Theatre staging is Nacho Duato's first opera production. Duato is credited as director and choreographer, with Alexander Solovyov as musical director. The stated thematic frame concerns fate, love, death, and freedom. The production team includes Yulia Prokhorova, assistant director; Jaffar Chalabi, set designer; Angelina Atlagich, costume designer; and Brad Fields, lighting designer. The official production information describes a restrained visual approach supporting the Spanish setting. A professional review describes sets that bring the action close to the audience, convert interiors into exterior spaces, and transform the tavern into a bullring arena. Seville imagery recalls Giorgio de Chirico, while a recurring figure of Death follows Carmen and gives the staging a fatalistic and partly surreal dimension.
Cast & creative
- I
Carmen
Irina Shishkova 
Don José
Sergey Kuzmin
Michaela
Valentina Fedeneva
Escamillo
Semyon Antakov- P
Conductor
Philipp Selivanov 
Stage director
Nacho DuatoChoreographer
Nacho Duato- J
Set designer
Jaffar Chalabi - A
Costume designer
Angelina Atlagich - B
Lighting designer
Brad Fields - Y
Assistant Stage Director
Yulia Prokhorova - G
Composer
Georges Bizet - H
Librettist
Henri Meilhac - L
Librettist
Ludovic Halévy
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