No means no: Chemnitz starts the opera season with a remarkably daring “Carmen”.

In love and in art there is no democracy – and neither are there necessarily rules. This is one of the reasons why, according to Martin Luther, we are surrounded by death in the midst of life. It is omnipresent in Arila Siegert’s production of the opera “Carmen” by Georges Bizet (1838 – 1875). The innkeeper Lillas Pastia (dark and mysterious: Sylvia Schramm-Heilfort) observes the tragic events surrounding the Roma Ca…