The New York Times – Music:
Starring a magnetic Aigul Akhmetshina, Carrie Cracknell’s lethargic staging updates Bizet’s opera to present-day America.
Category: Bizet, Georges
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Murder Most Unromantic in a New ‘Carmen’ at the Metropolitan Opera
The New York Times – Music:
The British director Carrie Cracknell’s production, opening on New Year’s Eve, resists the idea that the opera’s climactic scene is a crime of passion.