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French flair, American-style: Cracknell's Carmen returns to the Met
An excellent cast led by Clémentine Margaine livens up the first revival of Carrie Cracknell's all-American Carmen at the Metropolitan Opera.
Aigul Akhmetshina leads powerhouse cast in the Met’s new Carmen
Carrie Cracknell’s modernized take on Bizet’s 1875 iconic opera moves the action from early 19th-century Spain to a 21st-century American industrial town.
A vision of Death Row: Heggie’s Dead Man Walking opens the Met season
The Metropolitan Opera makes good on its promise to present more contemporary work, opening the season with Jake Heggie's gut wrenching tale of rage and redemption.
Cincinnati May Festival closes 150th season with a glorious Mahler 8
The May Festival pulls all the stops to close their sesquicentennial season with Mahler’s vast and triumphant Eighth Symphony.
Carmen at Glimmerglass: visually striking, dramatically inconsistent
Denyce Graves, once the reigning Carmen of her day, directs a new production full of interesting choices that rarely cohere.