The Royal Opera - Carmen Reviews | 29 March 2024 |
Performance reviews
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CarmenThe Royal OperaNo. of reviews: 13 |
Una Carmen per Parigi |
17 Nov 15 / L'Ape musicale |
Everything about this production is pleasing, but not exceptional |
30 Oct 15 / A Younger Theatre |
Nicole Car’s debut is one of the enjoyable highlights in a sometimes mediocre revival |
30 Oct 15 / Limelight |
Zambello’s lively production is as traditional as they come |
25 Oct 15 / Express |
Well-rehearsed Covent Garden Carmen lacks a dramatic coup de grâce |
23 Oct 15 / Seen and Heard |
A magnificently sultry Carmen in the alluring shape of Russian mezzo-soprano Elena Maximova |
22 Oct 15 / Express |
Tumbling children, impeccable donkeys and a luminous Micaëla |
21 Oct 15 / The Guardian |
A fast-paced if uneven revival of Bizet's crowd-pleasing tunefest |
21 Oct 15 / What's on Stage |
A fairly unremarkable staging which really needs a lot more charisma from its two principals |
21 Oct 15 / Music OMH |
Lively revival |
21 Oct 15 / The Stage |
A workmanlike Carmen at the Royal Opera |
21 Oct 15 / Bachtrack |
A drab-looking but sprightly-sounding production of Bizet’s opera |
21 Oct 15 / Financial Times |
The drama here plays out on a grand scale |
21 Oct 15 / Opera Britannia |
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Production details
Cast
Johnson, Maximova/Rachvelishvili, Hymel/Kaufmann/Lee, Vinogradov/Bretz, Car/Yoncheva/Byrne, Courjal, Borovko, Losier/Kelly, Doyle/Clarke, Robinson/McNicoll
(c) de Billy/Joel (d) Zambello
Performance dates
19, 21, 24, 27, 30 October, 4, 7, 10, 14, 16, 21(m), 26, 30 November 2015
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