The Royal Opera - Carmen Reviews
29 March 2024
Anaïk Morel (Carmen)
Bryan Hymel (Don José), Ailyn Pérez (Micaëla)
Luca Pisaroni (Escamillo), Ensemble
Bryan Hymel (Don José), Anaïk Morel (Carmen)
Bryan Hymel (Don José), Anaïk Morel (Carmen)

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Carmen

The Royal Opera


No. of reviews: 6

Barrie Kosky’s ‘Carmen’ is all style with no substance
8 Jul 19 / OperaWire
Barrie Kosky’s daring, confrontational and spectacular staging, is almost worth fighting a bull for
1 Jul 19 / The Observer
This second revival has visual strength, imaginative flair and an intoxicating energy
26 Jun 19 / Classical Source
Anaïk Morel gives us a heroine of two halves
26 Jun 19 / Broadway World
Kosky’s Carmen revival at Covent Garden is a triumph of style over substance
26 Jun 19 / Seen and Heard
Carmen minus charisma: a limp revival of Kosky's production at Covent Garden
26 Jun 19 / Bachtrack
Production details
Cast
Alcántara, Morel/Akhmetshina, Hymel/Rutkowski, Pisaroni/Rhodes, Pérez/Mkhitaryan, Mofidian, Stucker, Wu, Sedgwick, Patterson
(c) Jones/tba (d) Kosky
Performance dates
22, 24, 26, 28 June, 2, 5, 10, 13(m), 16, 20 July 2019
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