Cast and Creative team for Carmen at Mariinsky Theatre II
Conductor: Christian Knapp
Carmen: Ekaterina Semenchuk
Don José: Yevgeny Akimov
Micaëla: Zhanna Dombrovskaya
Escamillo: Roman Burdenko
Music by Georges Bizet
Libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy after the novel by Prosper Mérimée
Musical Director: Valery Gergiev
Stage Director: Alexei Stepanyuk
Set Designer: Igor Grinevich
Lighting Designer: Gleb Filshtinsky
Lighting Adaptation for the Mariinsky II by Kamil Kutyev
Musical Preparation: Irina Soboleva
Principal Chorus Master: Andrei Petrenko
Children’s Chorus Master: Dmitry Ralko
Choreographer: Galina Kaloshina