Carmen is independent and doesn't let anyone take away her freedom. She alone decides for herself - only she! Carmen loves life. She lives entirely in the present, not in the past or the future. Carmen's love has wings: when she loves someone, it is for that very moment and not for all eternity - perhaps her interest will turn to someone else the very next moment. Carmen argues and fights, she does not shy away from the criminal milieu, because possessions or norms of any kind do not exist for her.

Carmen makes no secret of her life maxim, and she makes no pretence about what she does. In her unpredictable way, she is honest. Anyone who throws her warnings to the wind because they transfer their own (romantic, sentimental, bourgeois, moral) ideas onto her and suffer damage in the process has only themselves to blame. Watch out! Who could harm this woman? Carmen is not afraid of death.

Georges Bizet's famous and much-loved opera with Habanera, Seguidilla and Torero song returns to the stage in Lydia Steier's spectacular production.

Please note: The performance contains scenes of physical violence.