At the invitation of the President of Lithuania, Valdas Adamkus, who was impressed by the production seen in Warsaw, Lech Majewski, along with his regular team, recreated Bizet’s Carmen at the Lithuanian National Opera in Vilnius. Due to the smaller size of the Vilnius opera, the performance was transformed into a completely new staging.

with Laima Jonutyte, Inesa Linaburgyte, Ligita Raćkauskaite, Algirdas Janutas, Audrius Rubeżius, Vytautas Kurnickas, Eugenijus Vasilevskis, Giedrius Żalys, Alma Buzaite, Sandra Januśaite, Asta Krikśćiunaite, Regina Śilinskaite, Arunas Malikenas, Arvydas Markauskas, Laimonas Pautienius, Kęstutis Alćiauskis, Gedyminas Tiśkevićius, Jonas Valuckas, Egidijus Dauskurdis, Liudas Norvaiśas, Irena Zelenkauskaite, Jolanta Ćurilaite, Sofija Jonaityte, Juozapas Mickevićius

music Georges Bizet libretto Henri Meilhac, Ludovic Halévy based on Prosper Mérimée’s short story staged & directed by Lech Majewski musical direction Liutauras Balčiūnas sets Janusz Kapusta costume Katarzyna Szarłat choreography Janina Niesobska chorus director Česlovas Radžiūnas