Review: A Spanish “Carmen” from Calixto Bielto, San Francisco Opera, May 28, 2016
The “summer season” of the San Francisco Opera opened Memorial Day weekend premiering a new co-production (with the Boston Lyric Opera) directly based on Calixto Bielto’s European production of Bizet’s “Carmen” that some found to be notorious, and others, including myself, found illuminating. I had previously reported on the production’s British debut [Ruxandra Donose, Adam Diegel Are Dramatically … Read more