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Carmen in Cardiff: Welsh National Opera's powerful new production is a triumph

Von Mark Valencia, 30 September 2019
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“Her characterisation... has more in common with Sophie Marceau than Brigitte Bardot”
Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, am 28 September 2019
Programm
Bizet, Carmen
Darsteller
Welsh National Opera
Tomáš Hanus, Musikalische Leitung
Jo Davies, Regie
Leslie Travers, Bühnenbild
Gabrielle Dalton, Kostüme
Virginie Verrez, Carmen
Dimitri Pittas, Don José
Phillip Rhodes, Escamillo
Anita Watson, Micaëla
Henry Waddington, Zuniga
Ross Ramgobin, Moralès
Harriet Eyley, Frasquita
Angela Simkin, Mercédès
Benjamin Bevan, Le Dancaïre
Joe Roche, Le Remendado
Oliver Fenwick, Licht
Welsh National Opera Chorus
Welsh National Opera Orchestra
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Angela SimkinAnita WatsonBenjamin BevanCarmenDimitri PittasGabrielle DaltonGeorges BizetHarriet EyleyHenry WaddingtonJo DaviesJoe RocheLeslie TraversOliver FenwickPhillip RhodesRoss RamgobinTomáš HanusVirginie VerrezWelsh National OperaWelsh National Opera ChorusWelsh National Opera Orchestra
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Mark Valencia
Mark Valencia

Mark has worked in arts journalism for four decades, both as a writer and as a French-English translator. Nowadays he focuses his energies on reviewing opera and music. Mark also writes for Opera magazine and for Musical America as a correspondent for Europe and the UK.