I was just sent some excerpts from more Carmen reviews. Here are some bits that shed some more light on the show:


the show takes "only a basic storyline and some characters" from the original Carmen tale. "Carmen has become a circus performer and José has become Romeo who messed up. It is a fairy tale with a bad ending." (Instinkt)

the set includes a functioning fountain, gigantic temple stained glass pieces and magical mirror reflections (MF Dnes)

the show "is a mixture of popular, rock but also 'film' music. This time Spanish and Latin-American rhythms are the main inspiration." the part of Garcia has more of a rock sound. Carmen gets "big classical musical songs". Aunt Inéz is more of an operetta vaudeville / comic part. Some of the standout songs: Viva Amor, Saint Tereza, He Is in for It, I Wish I Was Strong. (Musical-Opereta.cz)

"This music masterpiece can be characterised by one more attribute - it is modern." It has "aspects of rock ... swing or blues that almost immediately and safely return to Latin American rhythms or what we got used to calling pop music." (i-divadlo.cz, full review in Czech)

the sound is "totally different" from shows like Jekyll. "People with a more lively character will surely and immediately like the central piece Viva Amor!, What a Woman or a ‘dual song’ Woman Like Me!. Placid people will definitely enjoy Saint Tereza performed by Katarína, some duets or José’s solo Stranger - My Shadow." (musical.cz, full review in Czech)

I've also found two more pages with photos from the show:
http://www.fronk.cz/print/2008/2008-10-02-Carmen-premiera/
http://www.musicalnet.cz/Clanky/081003Carmen.htm