Possessing a “robust instrument full of beguiling vocal colors, as well as formidable technical command” (The San Francisco Chronicle), she is at home in a repertoire spanning three centuries.

Subscribers and ticket buyers with questions or concerns can contact the HOT Box Office at 808.596.7858 or to attendees: Current audience guidelines to safely welcome patrons back to the theatre can be found on the HOT website at /plan-your-visit.Īshley Dixon, Carmen | Mezzo-soprano Ashley Dixon, a Grand Finals winner of the 2018 Metropolitan Opera NationalĬouncil Auditions and a recent graduate of the San Francisco Opera Adler Fellowship, is quicklyĮstablishing herself as one of the most exceptional artists of her generation. Season subscriptions are available through the HOT Box Office.

BLAISDELL CONCERT HALL Lanai Lectures start 60 min & 30 min before the performance begins on the Ward Avenue Lanai THE TRAGEDY OF CARMEN FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18 AT 7:30PM Karen Tiller returns to direct the HOT debuts of Ashley Dixon as Carmen, Kyle van Schoonhoven as Don José, Christian Pursell as Escamillo, and Maria Valdes as Micaëla, with Emily Senturia conducting. Carmen’s embrace of her dark fate is elevated from an act of submission to an assertion of power. Peter Brook’s gripping, 90-minute adaptation of Bizet’s opera retains all of your favorite tunes but brings the story back to its origins of sexual intrigue, power and complexity.

But when she abandons him for the charismatic bullfighter Escamillo, jealousy ignites and Don José is pushed to murderous acts. Adapted by Peter Brook | Music by Georges Bizet Directed by Karen TillerĪpproximately 90 min | No Intermission Single Tickets Start at Just $30 Get TicketsĬarmen is a sizzling seductress-but when you play with fire, you’re going to get burned! Naïve young soldier Don José falls for her, shunning his childhood sweetheart Micaëla in favor of a life of passion and crime with Carmen.

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