Libretto: Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halevy, based on a novella of the same title by Prosper Merimee Director: recipient of the Francysk Skaryna Medal Galina Galkovskaya Designer: Anna Kontek Chorus master: People’s Artist of Belarus, laureate of the State Prize of the Republic of Belarus Nina Lomanovich Choreography: Honoured Artist of the Republic of Belarus Yuliya Dziatko, People’s Artist of Belarus Kanstantsin Kuzniatsou Lighting designer: Lyudmila Kunash Conductors: Vladimir Ovodok, honoured Art Worker of the Republic of Belarus Nikolai Koliadko Running time: 3 hours 20 minutes with two intervals Sung in French with Russian surtitles Premiere: 14 June 2015