Boston Opera Collaborative presents La Tragédie de Carmen, a Peter Brook adaptation of Bizet’s classic Carmen. In this powerful and seductive 90-minute re-interpretation, Brook brings the original's immensely popular and melodic favorites and trims the story to a taut and fast-paced tragedy of four people from contrasting cultures and traditions.
The opera is a mesmerizing tale following Carmen, a fiercely independent woman who catches the attention of the young, naive soldier, Don José. He then falls head over heels for her, abandoning his childhood love, Micaëla. As Don José's love and lust for Carmen strengthens, his passion devolves into jealousy and murder. The intricate plot, rich with emotion and drama, leaves audiences spellbound and dazzled as the tragic consequences of Don José's obsession with Carmen unfold before our very eyes.
La Tragédie de Carmen features a 15-piece chamber orchestra led by our new Music Director, Ken Yanagisawa, stage direction by Alexandra Dietrich, and the talents of Boston's up-and-coming emerging artists.
Soprano MONICA MUSIC has recently performed as a soloist in Vaughan Williams’ Dona Nobis Pacem with the Assabet Valley Mastersingers and in Mozart’s Requiem with the Masterworks Chorale. Additionally, Monica was featured in The Lives They Lived with the Boston Opera Collaborative and covered the role of Naomi in their production of Naomi in the Living Room.
Before moving to New England, Monica completed her graduate degree at the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University where she made her debut as the Littler Zegner Sister in Missy Mazzoli’s Proving Up and prepared the role of Seleuce in Handel’s Tolomeo (canceled due to COVID-19). Prior to attending Rice University, Monica was an Apprentice Artist with the Des Moines Metro Opera. She also spent two seasons at Opera in the Ozarks, making her role debuts as Zerlina in Don Giovanni and Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro. While completing her Bachelor of Music degree at Louisiana State University, Monica sang the roles of Aveline Mortimer in Elizabeth Cree (collegiate premiere), Nannetta in Falstaff, and Polly Peachum in Die Dreigroschenoper. Equally active on the concert stage, Monica has collaborated as a soloist with the LSU Symphony in Mahler's 4th Symphony and with LSU choirs in Haydn’s Missa Brevis in F Major, Bernstein's Chichester Psalms, and Craig Hella Johnson’s Considering Matthew Shepard.
Monica holds award titles from the Metropolitan Opera National Council, Orpheus Vocal Competition, the James Toland Vocal Arts Competition, and the Kristin Lewis Foundation Vocal Competition. Monica is a graduate of the Dandelion Opera Institute and Houston Grand Opera’s Young Artists Vocal Academy. A native of Dallas, TX, Monica now lives in Haverhill, MA with her husband.
Boston Opera Collaborative presents La Tragédie de Carmen, a Peter Brook adaptation of Bizet’s classic Carmen. In this powerful and seductive 90-minute re-interpretation, Brook brings the original's immensely popular and melodic favorites and trims the story to a taut and fast-paced tragedy of four people from contrasting cultures and traditions.
The opera is a mesmerizing tale following Carmen, a fiercely independent woman who catches the attention of the young, naive soldier, Don José. He then falls head over heels for her, abandoning his childhood love, Micaëla. As Don José's love and lust for Carmen strengthens, his passion devolves into jealousy and murder. The intricate plot, rich with emotion and drama, leaves audiences spellbound and dazzled as the tragic consequences of Don José's obsession with Carmen unfold before our very eyes.
La Tragédie de Carmen features a 15-piece chamber orchestra led by our new Music Director, Ken Yanagisawa, stage direction by Alexandra Dietrich, and the talents of Boston's up-and-coming emerging artists.
Soprano MONICA MUSIC has recently performed as a soloist in Vaughan Williams’ Dona Nobis Pacem with the Assabet Valley Mastersingers and in Mozart’s Requiem with the Masterworks Chorale. Additionally, Monica was featured in The Lives They Lived with the Boston Opera Collaborative and covered the role of Naomi in their production of Naomi in the Living Room.
Before moving to New England, Monica completed her graduate degree at the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University where she made her debut as the Littler Zegner Sister in Missy Mazzoli’s Proving Up and prepared the role of Seleuce in Handel’s Tolomeo (canceled due to COVID-19). Prior to attending Rice University, Monica was an Apprentice Artist with the Des Moines Metro Opera. She also spent two seasons at Opera in the Ozarks, making her role debuts as Zerlina in Don Giovanni and Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro. While completing her Bachelor of Music degree at Louisiana State University, Monica sang the roles of Aveline Mortimer in Elizabeth Cree (collegiate premiere), Nannetta in Falstaff, and Polly Peachum in Die Dreigroschenoper. Equally active on the concert stage, Monica has collaborated as a soloist with the LSU Symphony in Mahler's 4th Symphony and with LSU choirs in Haydn’s Missa Brevis in F Major, Bernstein's Chichester Psalms, and Craig Hella Johnson’s Considering Matthew Shepard.
Monica holds award titles from the Metropolitan Opera National Council, Orpheus Vocal Competition, the James Toland Vocal Arts Competition, and the Kristin Lewis Foundation Vocal Competition. Monica is a graduate of the Dandelion Opera Institute and Houston Grand Opera’s Young Artists Vocal Academy. A native of Dallas, TX, Monica now lives in Haverhill, MA with her husband.