English National Opera - Carmen Reviews | 29 March 2024 |
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CarmenEnglish National OperaNo. of reviews: 16 |
Bad-boy Catalan director, Calixto Bieito, returns to the Coliseum with a relatively restrained Carmen |
7 Dec 12 / Telegraph |
Carmen drives lover crazy |
28 Nov 12 / Bloomberg |
An updated and distorting take on Bizet |
28 Nov 12 / Musical Pointers |
Intense, lean, witty and stripped of cliché: a 'Carmen' worth the wait |
25 Nov 12 / Independent on Sunday |
This Carmen is intelligent, persuasive and intense |
25 Nov 12 / The Observer |
This is intelligent, fascinating music theatre and well worth seeing |
23 Nov 12 / The Guardian |
Different? Yes, but also rather dated |
23 Nov 12 / Independent |
The performance’s overall voltage remains very low indeed |
23 Nov 12 / Telegraph |
ENO’s Carmen a musical and dramatic triumph |
23 Nov 12 / Seen and Heard |
The staging is sharp, clear and energised, and regularly hits the emotional spot dead on |
23 Nov 12 / The Stage |
It’s the dramatic quality of the production that will be remembered |
23 Nov 12 / What's on Stage |
Calixto Bieito is a name to strike terror or nascent outrage into the hearts of traditional opera goers |
23 Nov 12 / Opera Britannia |
Bieito’s Carmen may not be beautiful but it works |
23 Nov 12 / Classical Source |
Hopefully this amazing staging will be in ENO’s repertoire for many years to come |
23 Nov 12 / Londonist |
A visually satisfying production ultimately fails to gel on the night |
23 Nov 12 / The Arts Desk |
Opera's most outrageous stage director cleans his act up (more or less) at ENO |
23 Nov 12 / Telegraph |
associated articles [+]
Carmen: It ain’t over till the nude lady sings
A lusty new production of 'Carmen' by Calixto Bieito embraces the growing trend for red-hot opera.
A lusty new production of 'Carmen' by Calixto Bieito embraces the growing trend for red-hot opera.
Should sex come before singing?
As Calixto Bieito and ENO's raunchy production of Bizet’s Carmen opens at the London Coliseum, Rupert Christiansen argues that the real way to surprise opera’s audience is to put the music first.
As Calixto Bieito and ENO's raunchy production of Bizet’s Carmen opens at the London Coliseum, Rupert Christiansen argues that the real way to surprise opera’s audience is to put the music first.
ENO: a sexy, sensual Carmen... but you can still take mother
It has been described as raunchy and not for the faint-hearted, but the artistic director of the English National Opera’s new production of Carmen insists that it is safe to take your mother.
It has been described as raunchy and not for the faint-hearted, but the artistic director of the English National Opera’s new production of Carmen insists that it is safe to take your mother.
Production details
Cast
Rock, Donose, Diegel, Melrose, Llewellyn, Danby, Lois, Shaw, Dolton, Rhys-Jenkins
(c) Wigglesworth/Fitzpatrick (d) Bieito
Performance dates
21, 23, 27, 30 November, 2(m), 4, 6, 9 December 2012
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