Trivia
In 1981, Peter Brook Brook staged his adaption of Georges Bizet's opera "Carmen". He adapted the script with Jean-Claude Carrière, and the original score was adapted for a chamber orchestra by Marius Constant. The show premiered in Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord, Paris in November 1981. In order to have daily performances, he had to rely on three different casts, so the singer could rest in between.

He went on by deciding to record the performances on film. He emptied all seats, and restaged his direction using all parts of the theater. Furthermore, he kept the three different casts to direct three parallel movies.

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Version of Carmen o la hija del contrabandista (1911)

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Peter Brooks Carmen

I saw all three productions of Peter Brook's La Tragedie de Carmen and loved the way he portrayed Carmen and the besotted Don Jose. My favourite of the 3 is the 1st with Helene Delavault and Howard Hensel. I have a very old VHS tape of this film and would love to find it (and the other 2) on DVD, but unfortunately have been unable to track these down. Such a pity to lose these performances altogether. There are so many more productions of Carmen, but for me Helene Delavault takes Carmen's part magnificently, as do Howard Hensel (his flower song makes you weep), Agnes Host as Micaela and Jake Gardner as Escamillo.

Maybe BBC TV could repeat these for us fans??

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