Imperial Italian Opera (Bolshoi Kamenny Theatre), Saint-Petersburg, 1882
Choreography by M. Petipa.
Russian Imperial Opera (Mariinsky Theatre), Saint-Petersburg, 1893
Other performers to play Carmen during this run include Bellincioni (1895), Medea Figner (1916) and Lidarskaya (1916).
Imperial Italian Opera (Bolshoi Kamenny Theatre), Saint-Petersburg, 1878
Pigot (266) cites the Ménestrel of 7 January 1882 regarding a reprise with La Rue as Carmen.
Russian Imperial Opera (Mariinsky Theatre), Saint-Petersburg, 1885-
Due to prolonged works at Mariinsky, this production was premiered at Bolshoi Kamenny nearby. The second cast featured Emilia Karlovna Pavlovskaya in the role of Carmen for only a few performances. Libretto translated into Russian by Alexandra Santagano-Gorchakova.
Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow, 1898
Choreography by Ivan Khliustin.
Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow, 1922
Choreography by Aleksandr Gorskiv, Leonid Zhukov.
Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow, 1936
Choreography by Igor Moiseev.
Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow, 1943
Choreography by Igor Moiseev.
Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow, 1945
Choreography by Sergey Koren.
The Viipuri Theatre, Viipuri, 1889
First performance in Finland in a domestic language (Swedish). The only spoken dialogue was in some of Carmen’s recitatives.