Georges Bizet’s spectacular grand opera Carmen hits the stage at the Aurora Theatre in Victoria this evening.

Carmen returns to the Aurora after 10 years, having first been put up in French, way back in November 2000.

Resident conductor Mro Colin Attard has once again been entrusted with the musical direction of the opera.

The international cast is headed by Georgian mezzo-soprano Tea Demurishvili in the title role. Residing in Spain, Ms Demurishvili is set to bring Carmen with her “rebellious love” back to life, as she has been doing for the last year in Tel Aviv, to wide critical acclaim.

Ms Demurishvili will be flanked by two of the most impressive male voices the Aurora has yet seen: the Italian tenor Mario Malagnini as Don José and the Venezuelan born bass-baritone Ernesto Morillo Hoyt as Escamillo. Mr Malagnini is an international household name when it comes to the interpretation of Don José, having performed it well over 200 times around the world. The remaining line-up includes Noel Galea as Zuniga, Kevin Caruana as Moralés, Claudia Tabone as Frasquita, Giuseppina Trotta as Mercedes, Stefano Consolini as El Remendado and Andrea Cortese as El Dancairo.

While the wardrobes shall be a joint collaboration between the Aurora and the Sartoria Pipi of Palermo, scenes designed by Novella Tabili are being constructed by Teddy Mizzi and painted by Paul Falzon with props by Alfred Camilleri.

Donald Camilleri has been entrusted with the lighting operations while Maria del Sol was engaged as choreographer.

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