La Carmencita is a fresh take on Bizet's classic from the innovative opera company, The Opera Next Door (TOND). TOND founder, soprano Sasha Gutiérrez, stage director Rebecca Miller Kratzer, and Latin GRAMMY Award-winning bassist and composer Pedro Giraudo have recontextualized Carmen through a modern, Latin American lens. In a reduced, tango adaptation set in a Buenos Aires café, passion, jealousy, fate, and hope unfold as Carmen takes control over her destiny. La Carmencita features a tango adaptation of the score by Giraudo, who plays alongside his acclaimed quartet as the opera's intimate orchestra. The opera will be performed in a new Spanish translation with English subtitles.

Original translation by Sasha Gutiérrez
Produced by Sasha Gutiérrez, Zack O’Farrill, Santiago Gutiérrez and Felipe Hoyos-González

Cast & Creative Team
La Carmencita
A One Act Tango Chamber Opera
Presented by The Opera Next Door
Music by Georges Bizet & Pedro Giraudo
with Orchestrations by Pedro Giraudo
featuring The Pedro Giraudo Tango Quartet:
Nicolás Danielson, violin Javier Sánchez, bandoneón Juan Lázaro, piano Pedro Giraudo, bass

Spanish adaptation by Sasha Gutiérrez & Felipe Hoyos
English Translation By Sasha Gutiérrez & Rebecca Miller Kratzer
Revised By Rodolfo Zanetti

Starring
Melisa Bonetti as Carmen (covered by Linda Collazo)
Juan Hernández as José
Sasha Gutiérrez as Micaela
José Luis Maldonado as Escamillo

With Tango Dancers
Mariana Parma as Carmen
Leonardo Sardella as José

With Costumes by Megan Rutherford
Lighting Design by Stacey Boggs
Projection & Video Design by Laura Giraudo

Musical Preparation and Diction Coaching by Juan Lázaro
Rehearsal Pianist Diego Tornelli

Movement Coach Rodolfo Santamaría
Production Coordinators Santiago Gutiérrez, Zack O’Farrill
Production Stage Management by Majo Ferrucho

Directed by Rebecca Miller Kratzer