Opera ‘Carmen’ plays this weekend at UNLV
The UNLV Opera Theater, directed by Linda Lister, and UNLV Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Taras Krysa, will present Georges Bizet’s “Carmen” at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday in Ham Concert Hall at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway.
Tickets are $25 general admission; $15 for faculty, staff, military and seniors; and $5 for students with identification. Tickets can be purchased at the UNLV Performing Arts Center by calling 895-2787 or online at pac.unlv.edu.
The story centers on the eponymous Carmen, a beautiful gypsy with a fiery temper. She woos Don Jose, an inexperienced soldier. Their relationship leads Don Jose to reject his former love, mutiny against his superior and join a gang of smugglers. His jealousy when she turns from him to the bullfighter Escamillo leads Carmen to her ultimate fate.