A modern staging for Atlanta Opera's Carmen

By William E Ford, 16 April 2021

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Reviewed at The Big Tent at Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre, Atlanta on 15 April 2021

Bizet, Carmen

Atlanta Opera

Tomer Zvulun, Director

Julia Noulin-Mérat, Set Designer

Joanna Schmink, Costume Designer

Megan Marino, Carmen

Richard Trey Smagur, Don José

Michael Mayes, Escamillo

Jasmine Habersham, Micaëla

Alejandra Sandoval, Frasquita

Gabrielle Beteag, Mercédès

Calvin Griffin, Le Dancaïre

Nathan Munson, Le Remendado

Sonia Olla, Dancer

A musically sumptuous, dramatically staid Die Walküre in Atlanta

Cameron Kelsall, 30th April

The second installment in The Atlanta Opera's first-ever Ring Cycle benefits from the committed performances of veteran Wagnerians like Christine Goerke and Greer Grimsley.

***11

Pagliacci takes to the Big Top in Atlanta

William E Ford, 30th October

The Atlanta Opera presents a superior live production of Leoncavallo's Pagliacci to a masked, socially distanced audience.

*****

Atlanta Opera presents Dead Man Walking

William E Ford, 2nd February

Jake Heggie's Dead Man Walking is credited as being the most performed 21st-century opera, and with good reason.

****1

LA Opera’s Rigoletto: a feast for the ears – and the mind

Matthew Richard Martinez, 31st May

Quinn Kelsey shines as Verdi’s court jester as Tomer Zvulun's production opens in Los Angeles.

****1

A musically sumptuous, dramatically staid Die Walküre in Atlanta

Cameron Kelsall, 30th April

The second installment in The Atlanta Opera's first-ever Ring Cycle benefits from the committed performances of veteran Wagnerians like Christine Goerke and Greer Grimsley.

***11

Opera for the iAge in Kansas City

Hilary Stroh, 11th March

Twilight of a Tech God: The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs at the Lyric Opera of Kansas City.

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William E Ford

William has enjoyed classical music for over five decades. He is a frequent concertgoer and blogs about classical music . He has a YouTube channel in which he interviews a variety of people in the world of music, such as composers, musicians, writers, and artistic directors. William is a clinical psychologist.