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A Carmen for Our Time from Bieito in San Francisco

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Reviewed at War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco on 27 May 2016
Bizet, Carmen
San Francisco Opera
Carlo Montanaro, Conductor
Calixto Bieito, Director
Alfons Flores, Set Designer
Mercè Paloma, Costume Designer
Ellie Dehn, Micaëla
Irene Roberts, Carmen
Brian Jagde, Don José
Zachary Nelson, Escamillo
Amina Edris, Frasquita
Renée Rapier, Mercédès
Edward Nelson, Moralès
Brad Walker, Zuniga
Yusef Lambert, Lillas Pastia
San Francisco Opera Orchestra
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