Moved by the Motion takes on the famous tragedy Carmen. Originally written by Prosper Mérimée and transformed into one of the most iconic operas of all time by Georges Bizet, Carmen’s tale has been adapted in numerous ways, inspiring popular culture and remaining in the collective consciousness through its controversy. Carmen is a rebellious bird, a wanderer, a hustler, a factory worker, a polylingual, shape-shifting lover, stateless and ungovernable.
In collaboration with writers Sophia Al-Maria and Fred Moten, Moved by the Motion digs through the many layers of Carmen’s legacy while taking the canonical source material further. Bizet’s original score weaves together with musical interventions by composers Andrew Yee and Asma Maroof to create a hybrid opera-theatre piece. Working seamlessly with language, movement, image and song, Moved by the Motion forms a genre-bending adaptation that reinterprets the themes that Carmen embodies: love, loss and liberation.
‘Carmen belongs to nobody and everybody. She is everything her creators feared, and everything they desired. What was a threat to them is an inspiration to us.’
- Wu Tsang
dates
Sun June 23 2024 8:00 PM
prices
- default from € 25
- CJP/student/scholar € 13
information
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German, French, Spanish surtitles: English, Dutch
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3 hours (met 1 pauze)
On Saturday, 4 May, Wu Tsang's Carmen premiered in Zurich. Reactions were blazing.
Thunderous applause for a queer Carmen with a zombie.
Moved by the Motion (...) received a standing ovation for their very free version of "Carmen". (...) The expressive imagery makes it clear: house director Wu Tsang makes George Bizet's opera start at the brutal end. (...) The frankly stunning French mezzo-soprano Katia Ledoux (...) is undoubtedly the heart and highlight of the evening. Her arias and her duets with the equally engaging American tenor Ryan Capozzo as the lovestruck Don José are tender, wild and moving. - Tages Anzeiger
At the Schauspielhaus Zurich, Wu Tsang centred an unpleasant male fantasy in "Carmen". This is great theatre.
Carmen is representative of the thousands of women killed by their husbands - or as a fantasy of a strong woman to be killed.(...) Death is omnipresent. From the very beginning. - Neue Zuricher Zeitung
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Carmen - Copresentation Hartwig Art Foundation and Holland Festival
© Inés Manai
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Carmen - Copresentation Hartwig Art Foundation and Holland Festival
© Inés Manai
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Carmen - Copresentation Hartwig Art Foundation and Holland Festival
© Inés Manai
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Carmen - Copresentation Hartwig Art Foundation and Holland Festival
© Inés Manai
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Carmen - Copresentation Hartwig Art Foundation and Holland Festival
© Inés Manai
