| Glyndebourne Festival - Carmen Reviews | 26 April 2024 |
Stéphanied’Oustrac (Carmen), Pavel Cernoch (Don José)
Lucy Crowe (Micaela), Chorus
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Stéphanied’Oustrac (Carmen), Pavel Cernoch (Don José)
Stéphanied’Oustrac (Carmen)
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CarmenGlyndebourne FestivalNo. of reviews: 12 | |
Carmen au Festival de Glyndebourne |
 3 Jul 15 / Opera Online (French) |
As Carmen, the French mezzosoprano Stéphanie d'Oustrac is wonderfully seductive |
| 13 Jun 15 / Express |
David McVicar’s 2002 staging of Carmen makes a welcome return to the Festival |
| 31 May 15 / Express |
David McVicar's Glyndebourne Carmen faces off against Calixto Bieito's at ENO - and a clear winner emerges |
| 28 May 15 / The Spectator |
David McVicar’s Carmen may tend towards the austere, but it is almost without exception brilliantly sung |
| 27 May 15 / The Stage |
Meurtre dans un jardin anglais |
| 27 May 15 / Forum Opéra |
Stéphanie d’Oustrac brings a wily intelligence to the title role |
| 27 May 15 / Financial Times |
David McVicar's richly detailed production of Bizet's opera returns for another run |
| 26 May 15 / What's on Stage |
In a production featuring more mantillas than you can shake a banderilla at, the casting here is superb |
| 25 May 15 / Telegraph |
A visually striking, conceptually traditional evening |
| 25 May 15 / Music OMH |
Stéphanie d’Oustrac’s Carmen combines dignity, intelligence and knowing sexual allure |
| 25 May 15 / The Guardian |
Sultry, fiery, coquettish: Stéphanie d’Oustrac’s Carmen at Glyndebourne has it all |
| 25 May 15 / Bachtrack |
Production details
Cast
Ring, D'Oustrac, Cernoch, Szot, Crowe, Lim, Pretorian, Chaieb, Gay, Felix
(c) Hrusa (d) McVicar
Performance dates
23, 28, 31 May, 3, 6, 9, 12, 16, 19, 22, 25, 28 June, 1, 4, 11 July 2015
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