Die Tragödie der Carmen (1983)

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I saw all three productions of Peter Brook's La Tragedie de Carmen and loved the way he portrayed Carmen and the besotted Don Jose. My favourite of the 3 is the 1st with Helene Delavault and Howard Hensel. I have a very old VHS tape of this film and would love to find it (and the other 2) on DVD, but unfortunately have been unable to track these down. Such a pity to lose these performances altogether. There are so many more productions of Carmen, but for me Helene Delavault takes Carmen's part magnificently, as do Howard Hensel (his flower song makes you weep), Agnes Host as Micaela and Jake Gardner as Escamillo.

Maybe BBC TV could repeat these for us fans??

10tfdill

This is the most powerful realization of this drama I have ever seen.

Many "stagy" productions come across on screen as little more than aides memoires--referring the viewers back to the 'real' production.

Brook manages to create an intense, even overwhelming cinematic experience from this condensed and almost rarefied production, combining Bizet's music with a balletic performance of the drama. He has tried more than once to make successful film out of great stage productions (Marat/Sade, Mahabharata)--this is by far the greatest success *as film.*

7lee_eisenberg

it helps to have seen an adaptation beforehand

Full disclosure: I've never attended a production of Georges Bizet's "Carmen". The only version that I've seen previously is Otto Preminger's "Carmen Jones" (one of the few productions from old Hollywood to feature an entirely African-American cast); in fact, it was from that movie that I realized that a certain tune that I'd heard before - Habanera - was from that opera.

Well, now I've seen a recording of Peter Brook's staging of Bizet's opera, called "La tragédie de Carmen" ("The Tragedy of Carmen" in English). While an impressive show, I should note that I probably wouldn't have understood any of it had I not seen Preminger's version first. I understand that Brook released three versions of the production, each featuring a different cast. Well, since I watched it on YouTube, I don't know which version I saw. What I can say is that it has to be seen to be believed. Check it out if you can.

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In 1981, Peter Brook Brook staged his adaption of Georges Bizet's opera "Carmen". He adapted the script with Jean-Claude Carrière, and the original score was adapted for a chamber orchestra by Marius Constant. The show premiered in Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord, Paris in November 1981. In order to have daily performances, he had to rely on three different casts, so the singer could rest in between.

He went on by deciding to record the performances on film. He emptied all seats, and restaged his direction using all parts of the theater. Furthermore, he kept the three different casts to direct three parallel movies.