Passion and power collide as Melbourne City Ballet cross the Pacific to present their first international tour, their highly celebrated Carmen to the audience of Osaka for one night only.

Set to Bizet’s famous and inspiring score, Artistic Director Michael Pappalardo brings to life the evocative ballet with a combination of sultry choreography and eye-catching costumes.

Carmen tells the story of a city policeman Don José whose mother calls him to return home to marry childhood sweetheart Micaela. However, a chance encounter with the enchanting gypsy girl Carmen, leads them both into a tumultuous relationship of passion and destruction. A fiery, free spirited woman, Carmen’s fate is written in the cards but she refuses to be tamed by any man.

The splendor of Carmen is in the passionate pas de deux’s and stirring group numbers, so whether it’s the seductive factory workers that lure them in or the strutting bullfighters that set their hearts aflutter, Melbourne City Ballet’s Carmen is a vibrant and bold production that from the very first overture will have Japanese audiences en garde!