Running time: 2 hours 30 minutes

The performance has 1 intermission

Schedule for "Life and death Carmencita" Fantasia for jazz orchestra, voice and violin based on opera "Carmen" 2022


Concert in 2 act

Moscow Jazz Orchestra under the direction of Igor Butman
Fantini , vocals (Australia)
Catherine Astashova , violin
 
Moscow Jazz Orchestra under the direction of Igor Butman and outstanding contemporary jazz composer Nikolai Levinovsky present their new collaborative work style crossover - fantasy for jazz orchestra and violin based on Georges Bizet's opera "Carmen ."
Premiere of Georges Bizet's opera "Carmen" , which formed the basis plot similar work on Prosper Merimee's Carmen fatal beauty , held in Paris in 1875. In 1880, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky wrote: " Opera Bizet - a masterpiece, one of the few things which are destined to reflect itself in the highest degree musical aspirations of an era. After ten years of "Carmen" will be the most popular opera in the world . " In the 1880s Opera triumphantly marched on cities in Europe and the U.S. , and in 1885 at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg premiere of the opera in Russia. Tchaikovsky's words proved prophetic : "Carmen" and to this day is the leader in the number of productions and one of the most popular operas in the world.
In 1967 Rodion Shchedrin using musical material was written by the famous opera " Carmen Suite ."
In 2014, Nick Levinovsky , composer who created sensational jazz version of " Scheherazade " by Rimsky -Korsakov and "Prince Igor" by Borodin , preparing to hit Moscow jazz listeners fantasy based on the famous Bizet ! According to " The Life and Death Carmencita " - an instrumental jazz concert composition through- development with elements of rondo -variations , where the relics of the jazz orchestra confronts clear and gentle voice of the violin .
Carmen takes a unique role Catherine Astashova . Young talented violinist working at the State Academic Symphony Orchestra of Russia named EF Svetlanov and the State Symphony Orchestra "New Russia" under the direction of Yuri Bashmet . Also Catherine Astashova actively performs worldwide and recitals , and as a participant in Project Igor Butman and his Orchestra.
The concert will also attend a famous Australian singer Fantini , which together with the orchestra will perform a program of songs in Spanish. Fantini - a unique singer , fluent in Russian , Spanish, English and French. Since 2012, the singer is actively cooperating with the Moscow Jazz Orchestra under the direction of Igor Butman : together they traveled with a tour the United States, Russia , Europe and Asia , and came to the world's largest jazz festivals .