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...Although Pappano has made his name in Italian opera, he was no late starter in the Wagner stakes....
...“When Carmen is killed by Don José, of course it is not politically correct, but I would just say it is not correct to kill someone....
...Ginger Costa-Jackson plays Carmen as a modern girl, no vamp or caricatured gypsy....
...March 6 to 10; further information and tickets here Performance ‘Carmen’, Teatro RealBizet’s masterpiece comes to one of Europe’s most prestigious opera houses for one night only....
...April 25 to October 20; further information and tickets here Performance ‘Carmen’, Royal Opera House In a new production, Aigul Akmetshina and Vasilisa Berzhanskaya share the role of Carmen in director...
...All the big-hitters are here — a new and presumably epic production of Aida, Zeffirelli’s Carmen and Madama Butterfly, a “pyrotechnic” Il Barbiere di Siviglia and gala events with Plácido Domingo and Jonas...
...When Carmen Mola won the world’s richest literary prize last week, the veil of anonymity was stripped away....
...To step inside Carmen Haid’s Marrakech home is to be immersed in a sunset palette of Sahara brown, ochre and burnt red – the same tones that define so much of the ancient city’s architecture....
...Russian mercenaries’ trail of destruction in Central African Republic With its history of instability, the mineral-rich country is the “perfect laboratory” for the Wagner Group, a Kremlin-linked network...
...What a fabled Siegmund he was in Wagner’s Die Walküre. What a romantic idol he made in Werther, just as Goethe and Massenet must have imagined....
...Wagner’s operas have proved particularly susceptible, but here is a new production of The Queen of Spades that gives Tchaikovsky the treatment....
...After two months given over almost entirely to Wagner’s Ring cycle, the Royal Opera season is at last fully under way. ★★★☆☆ To December 10, roh.org.uk...
...Erica Wagner is the author of ‘Chief Engineer: the Man who Built the Brooklyn Bridge’ (Bloomsbury) Join our online book group on Facebook at FTBooksCafe....
...The company has also pencilled in a new Carmen, though not to be directed by Pountney himself. Will it be radical like the one in Aix-en-Provence?...
...Three-quarters of the singers for last year’s production of Wagner’s The Valkyrie had come from overseas, she said....
...As with Isolde, the final word is left to Coss amid multiple corpses, as Wagner-like motifs emerge from the orchestra. To January 17, lyricopera.org...
...“Of course, you have to know the different styles, whether it is between Mozart and Wagner, or between Jerry Herman and Gershwin — but yes, it is the same job.”...
...The programme, not incidentally, credits the ring-around-the-rosy choreography to none less than Carmen de Lavallade. That must be a misprint....
...“But Carmen was a hit — you’re talking about a toreador and bullfights — oh, I had them, then!”...
...“I would do Carmen if only somebody would ask me.”...
...Promotional material surrounding the 3D Carmen, including raunchy trailers (Carmen has always lured the virgin opera-goer with sex) and breathless promises (“truly a musical event to remember!”)...
...The only theatre architect to address this problem was Wagner....
...The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest completes a saga that has notched up half the hours of Wagner’s Ring....
...Carlos Wagner’s staging, designed by Conor Murphy, is fluent, witty and grandly salacious....
...Performances continue until June 29; the company will stage all four parts of Wagner’s epic cycle over two seasons....
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