Another Covid victim: The Austrian Open Air Festival Oper Burg Gars. Bizet’s “Carmen” was originally planned for 2020 and had to be postponed for two long years; but the walls of this mediæval castle did not mind such a small delay — merely a blink of an eye for towers nigh on a thousand years old.
Staged by Dominik Wilgenbus and with the musical direction of Johannes Wildner, this “Carmen” will see Spanish tenor Oscar Marín in his role debut as Don José.
Oper Burg Gars
George Bizet: “Carmen”
Johannes Wildner, conductor
Oscar Marin, Don José
Wolfgang Resch, Moralès
Thomas Essl, Dancaïro
July 14 (première), 16, 19, 21, 23, 28, 30; August 2, 4, 6.