Category: Opera
Seeing the Ring Cycle, Part I
When Opera Fiends Meet
The New Met Carmen–Vive la difference
I am floored by the difference between a well-conceived and brilliantly acted production of Carmen and one that isn’t. I thought that Bizet’s music and the tragic Carmen story had transcended La Scala’s miserable production that debuted last month. I didn’t like the production, but I enjoyed parts of it…