World premiere: 3 March 1875, Opéra Comique, Paris
Premiere at the Bolshoi (Kamenny) Theatre: 16 February 1878, Imperial Italian Opera Company
Premiere at the Mariinsky Theatre: 30 September 1885 (performed in Russian, translated by Alexandra Gorchakova)
Premiere of this production: 30 April 2005

Age category 12+

CREDITS
Music by Georges Bizet
Libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy after the novel by Prosper Mérimée

Musical Director: Valery Gergiev
Stage Director: Alexei Stepanyuk
Assistant Director: Ilya Ustyantsev
Set Designer: Igor Grinevich
Lighting Designer of the new version: Alexander Sivaev
Musical Preparation: Irina Soboleva
Chorus Masters: Konstantin Rylov, Igor Gribkov