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Clémentine Margaine's Carmen seduces more than the production in Naples

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Reviewed at Teatro di San Carlo, Naples on 7 July 2017
Bizet, Carmen
Teatro di San Carlo
Juraj Valčuha, Conductor
Daniele Finzi Pasca, Director
Hugo Gargiulo, Set Designer
Giovanna Buzzi, Costume Designer
Clémentine Margaine, Carmen
Stefano Secco, Don José
Erwin Schrott, Escamillo
Jessica Nuccio, Micaëla
Gianfranco Montresor, Zuniga
Roberto Accurso, Moralès
Sandra Pastrana, Frasquita
Giuseppina Bridelli, Mercédès
Fabio Previati, Le Dancaïre
Carlo Bosi, Le Remendado
Children's Choir of the Teatro San Carlo
Coro del Teatro di San Carlo
Orchestra del Teatro di San Carlo
Maria Bonzanigo, Choreography
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