IconoClassic Opera Presents CARMEN: A DRINKING OPERA

IconoClassic Opera, which is devoted to bringing innovative opera to a new audience, presents "Carmen," a playful and immersive production of Bizet's timeless tale of sensuality, obsession and death.

In this intimate and innovative staging by Paul Deines, a cast of opera singers perform around and among the audience. It's grand opera as you've never experienced it before. Enjoy a beer or a glass of wine as the cast transforms the space into a Seville taverna, a mountain wilderness, a toreador's bullfight. IconoClassics' "Carmen" focuses on the title character (played by Sarah Greenspan) , a gypsy-woman so alluring, so free, and yet so alien, that she drives her lovers to the brink of madness. Carmen's affair with the tormented soldier Don Jose (played by Kyle VanSchoonhoven) reveals at once her otherworldly sexual power and her vulnerability in a society that views her as disposable.

Drawing conceptual inspiration from such modern influences as the Ukrainian feminist art movement and the women's punk scene of the Pacific Northwest, this "Carmen" is as vibrant and heedless as its protagonist. Carmen is being performed at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe located at 236 East 3rd Street New York, NY 10009. The production runs about 2 hours and 20 minutes, with two short intermissions (aka booze breaks). Carmen premieres Saturday, October 3rd at 2pm, with an additional showing Thursday, October 8th, at 9pm. Tickets may be purchased through the Nuyorican Poets Cafe website beginning September 15th: http://tinyurl.com/nuyocarmen.

Admission is $20 in advance, $24 at the door and $13 for students with valid ID (student tix available at the door). IconoClassic, a sponsored project of Fractured Atlas, was founded in 2014 with a mission to combine the traditional with the modern to breathe new life into classical opera. In working with talented up-and-coming singers, creative theater directors, and design teams, IconoClassic brings the perfect balance of classical technique, powerful acting, and innovative theatrical concepts to a modern audience. For more information please visit www.iconoclassicproductions.com or email at iconoclassicproductions@gmail.com.

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