carmen

Acosta Danza’s Carmen: Gorgeous moments but the passion remains frustr | Theatre | Entertainment

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Acosta Danza’s Carmen: Gorgeous moments but the passion remains frustr | Theatre | Entertainment

Ravishingly revved-up with a sexually-charged, intoxicating heroine and sublimely hummable hits from Bizet eponymous opera, this Carmen has all the ingredients for a blockbuster crowd-pleaser. Both an impassioned story of female agency and a cautionary tale about fragile men, countless choreographers have come a cropper trying to find a satisfying balance between the tragically intertwined … Read more

Carmen Review: Enjoyably powerful production opens Glyndebourne Festival | Theatre | Entertainment

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Carmen Review: Enjoyably powerful production opens Glyndebourne Festival | Theatre | Entertainment

Glyndebourne Opera is celebrating the 90th anniversary of its festival and, as always, productions at this glorious opera house near Lewes in East Sussex always include a long interval of around 90 minutes during which we may enjoy a picnic on its spacious lawns. Bizet’s Carmen is perhaps the most popular and most performed of … Read more

Carmen Review: Glorious singing in a new production of Bizet’s Carmen at the Royal Opera H | Theatre | Entertainment

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Carmen Review: Glorious singing in a new production of Bizet’s Carmen at the Royal Opera H | Theatre | Entertainment

Bizet’s Carmen has good claims to be the most popular and most often produced of all operas, which makes it difficult for a director to come up with anything both new and acceptable but Damiano Michieletto has achieved an intriguing balance between traditional ideas and new insights in the new Royal Opera House production at … Read more

Carmen review: Carmen Breaks the Rules | Theatre | Entertainment

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Carmen review: Carmen Breaks the Rules | Theatre | Entertainment

Bieito has always looked for ways to challenge orthodoxy and present a new vision of an opera, but a good director’s job is to add touches to an opera that adds to it or delivers its message more strikingly rather than changing it. The first noticeable innovation in this production is that it is not … Read more