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A classic and gripping revival of Carmen at the ROH

By Ilana Walder-Biesanz, 22 December 2013
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Reviewed at Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London on 21 December 2013
Programme
Bizet, Carmen
Performers
The Royal Opera
Daniel Oren, Conductor
Francesca Zambello, Director
Christine Rice, Carmen
Yonghoon Lee, Don José
Kostas Smoriginas, Escamillo
Sarah Fox, Micaëla
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Ilana Walder-Biesanz
Ilana Walder-Biesanz
Ilana Walder-Biesanz is a product manager for Yahoo, a theatre and opera critic, and a classically trained mezzo-soprano. She explored theater and opera stagings as a Gates Scholar at Cambridge and as a Fulbright Scholar in Germany. She currently writes for Bachtrack, San Francisco Classical Voice, and Stark Insider. Twitter: @ilana_wb.