Carmen on CBC & COC.ca

June 12 at 1 p.m.

The COC and CBC's Saturday Afternoon at the Opera present the first public broadcast of the fall production of Carmen. Listen here, courtesy CBC Radio 2's Concerts on Demand



 
Carmen: Rinat Shaham
Micaëla: Jessica Muirhead
Don José: Bryan Hymel
Escamillo: Paul Gay
Zuniga: Alain Coulombe
Mercédès: Lauren Segal
Frasquita: Teiya Kasahara
Dancaire: Justin Welsh
Morales: Alexander Hajek
Remendado: Adam Luther
Lillas Pastia: Dennis O'Connor

Conductor: Rory Macdonald
Director: Justin Way
Set Designer: Michael Yeargan
Costume Designer: François St-Aubin
Chorus Master: Sandra Horst

With the Canadian Children's Opera Company, the COC Orchestra and Chorus

Neil Crory, Music Producer
Doug Doctor, Recording Engineer
Steve Sweeney, Assistant Recording Engineer



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The voice of the COC in our radio ads, and co-host of the COC Podcasts, Gianna Wichelow is a long-time lover of opera. The only thing she shares in common with Carmen is their personal motto: "Free was I born and free shall I die."


Special Guests


Jessica Muirhead
Micaëla

Will be chatting with you during the live broadcast.

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Lauren Segal
Mercédès

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Rinat Shaham as Carmen and Alain Coulombe as Zuniga in the Canadian Opera Company’s production of Carmen. Photo: Michael Cooper © 2010