FollowCarmenCo’s “A Pocket Opera”
SATURDAY 5 TH APRIL 2025 7.30 pm
Following their sell-out concert at the Centre in 2023 Emily and Francisco return together with David Massey to perform this unique show.
This evening is not just a concert -it occupies the borders between a play and a concert, with 80/20 music to spoken word. It is a concert of Spanish and Spanish inspired music presented as a play, with costumes, props and a storyline which roughly follows the story of Bizet’s opera Carmen, but told from her point of view.
Dare you consult the cards with her? What does she think of the men in her story? Did she foresee her gruesome ending? And does she like the opera Bizet wrote about her?
The three musicians perform from memory, enabling them to act with each other, and to engage the audience members in the show, frequently walking amongst them and involving audience members in the dialogue and dancing whilst playing, in a fully choreographed party scene/CarmenCo will have the audience in turn laughing out loud, and listening with absolute silence to the immersive and evocative music. It’s a brilliantly accessible and fun way to present classical music.
A fun-filled evening of fantasy, comedy, drama and tremendous music arranged from Bizet’s Carmen and Spanish and Spanish-inspired music by Boccherini, Falla, Garcia-Lorca, Granados, Ravel and Albeniz, all arranged by the musicians for guitars and flute / voice.
TICKETS £10 IN ADVANCE – £12 ON THE DOOR
Email: ldhac2016@gmail .com or telephone 01591 610067 to purchase tickets
Press Quotes and Reviews from performances throughout the UK.
“Bouts of intimacy, creativity and comedy… nearly all the best Spanish tunes I can think of.” ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ The Latest magazine
“An unusual, highly entertaining evening… The three first-rate musicians rose to the challenge of acting and dancing as well as musical performance… Superb range of musical colour and artistry throughout the programme” – Ayrshire Post
“What an outstanding performance by the extraordinarily talented and delightful CarmenCo ensemble. It was a magnificent evening ending with rapturous applause” – concert organiser, Arts in The Langfords
“The feedback from your concert has been huge, universally everybody loved it. The number of times I have been stopped in the street this week to compliment the performance is countless.” – concert organiser, Portesham for Arts Reach, Dorset
“The musicianship was wonderful, I love Emily’s beautiful voice and the story telling was spellbinding. What I had absolutely not expected was that it would be so entertaining as well as dramatic and touching – I laughed out loud when I was listening. A lot!” – concert organiser, Frome Concerts Group
“There certainly was a ‘buzz’ as people left having thoroughly enjoyed the
evening!” – Margaret McIntosh, artistic director of Ayr Music Club, Dec 2023
