Pacific Ballet Dance Theatre, led by Artistic Director Natasha Middleton, will make it’s Lancaster Performing Arts Center debut with their full-length production of Carmen, based on Georges Bizet’s opera (1854) and Prosper Mérimée’s original story (1845) of the same name, with special string and percussion musical arrangements conceived by Rodion Shehedrin, choreographed by Natasha Middleton.  The performance will be presented on Saturday, September 15, 2018 at 8:00 p.m. at the Lancaster Performing Arts Center.  The cast will be led by dancers,

Elen Harutyunyan as Carmen, Gregori Arakelyan as Don José and Preston Swovelin as Escamillo.  The sweeping musical score includes iconic melodies like the Habañera, Sequidilla and Toreador Song.  Carmen is the story of a wild gypsy girl working in a cigarette factory in Seville, Spain and her lover’s triangle with Army Corporal Don José and Spain’s most famous Matador Escamillo.