Carmen, Bizet’s legendary opera, is the new production of the Suitcase Opera. It will travel to 22 cities across Greece, in the framework of the programme Journey to the Stavros Niarchos Cultural Center, an exclusive donation of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation. This performance took place at the Events Hall of the 3rd Secondary School of Livadia. The plot of the opera revolves around the fiery feelings of Corporal Don José for Carmen, a gypsy girl. Angela-Kleopatra Saroglou, the production’s director, has transported the action to modern Spain through the aesthetics of Pedro Almodovar’s film-making. Eminent protagonists of the Greek National Opera feature in this production. The performance duration is 80 minutes, without intermission and with Greek surtitles. The Suitcase Opera, an initiative of the GNO since 2011, travels to unusual places supported by a cast of GNO soloists accompanied by a pianist instead of an orchestra, with all stage sets carried in a suitcase.