Event listing: Glyndebourne Festival 2015: Carmen | Glyndebourne Opera House | Event is in the past

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Moonflower in blossom: Aigul Akhmetshina on Carmen

Mark Pullinger, 21st June

Russian mezzo-soprano Aigul Akhmetshina discusses the role of Carmen and reflects on the fantastic opportunities fate has thrown her way since joining The Royal Opera's young artist programme.

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Praga, República Checa Atenas, Grecia Dresden, Alemania Leipzig, Alemania Venice, Italia Amberes, Bélgica

Sultry, fiery, coquettish: d’Oustrac’s Carmen

Mark Pullinger, 23rd May

“The very incarnation of vice” was how one critic described Célestine Galli-Marié’s Carmen at the opera’s 1875 Opéra Comique première. That description could equally be applied to Stéphanie d’Oustrac in Glyndebourne’s revival of David McVicar’s terrific production.

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