Dmytro Popov's star turn in Rome's Carmen

By Paul Selar, 01 July 2014

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Reviewed at Teatro Costanzi, Teatro dell'Opera, Rome on 27 June 2014

Bizet, Carmen

Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

Emmanuel Villaume, Conductor

Emilio Sagi, Director

Daniel Bianco, Set Designer

Eleonora Buratto, Micaëla

Clémentine Margaine, Carmen

Dmytro Popov, Don José

Kyle Ketelsen, Escamillo

Hannah Bradbury, Frasquita

Theresa Holzhauser, Mercédès

Pietro Picone, Le Remendado

Marco Nisticò, Le Dancaïre

Alexey Bogdanchikov, Moralès

Gianfranco Montresor, Zuniga

Orchestra del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma

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Paul Selar

Also known as 'OperaChaser', Paul's passion for attending opera in performance spans 30 years. With a background in architecture and an unstoppable need to travel, Paul's foray into the world of reviewing started as Opera Australia's inaugural Critic-in-Training. He currently blogs at operachaser.blogspot.com.au.

Dmytro Popov's Don José the star turn in Rome's Carmen