Talk: Excavating Carmen, with Wu Tsang and Sophia Al-Maria

How do you reinterpret a classic opera?

A conversation with Wu Tsang and Sophie Al-Maria, creators of the innovative Carmen opera that was presented by the Holland Festival last year. They created a hybrid opera-theatre piece that digs through the many layers of Carmen’s legacy. Carmen is a rebellious bird, a wandered, a hustler, a factory worker, a multilingual, shape-shifting lover, stateless and ungovernable. How do you reinterpret a story so seminal?

The conversation will be led by Enrique Fuenteblanca. As part of this program, the film Latcho Drom will be screened in the film hall. You can buy a combi-ticket to visit both the talk and the film.