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A traditional Carmen from Moscow State Opera in Dublin

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Reviewed at Bord Gáis Energy Theatre, Dublin on 14 March 2013
Bizet, Carmen
Moscow State Opera
Celine Byrne, Micaëla
Alevtina Ioffe, Conductor
Georgy Isaakyan, Director
Mikhail Makarov, Don José
Nadezda Babinsteva, Carmen
Alkhas Ferzba, Escamillo
Albina Fayruzona, Frasquita
Fellini restaged in Tallinn
***11
Irish National Opera’s new Rusalka intrigues more than it convinces
***11
Billy Budd, or the Triumph of Beauty at the Opéra de Lyon
****1
Magnifying Glass: a magnificent Les Enfants terribles in Lille
*****
Opera Australia’s Eugene Onegin shines musically
****1
Siegfried at the RBO: Kosky and Pappano surprise and delight
*****
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