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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.
Bring your mental body armour: Wozzeck at ENO
Military service brutalises. If you’re in any doubt about this, Berg’s short opera Wozzeck should dispel them, and particularly so in Carrie Cracknell’s new production for ENO.