With Electrifying New Casts, the Met’s ‘Carmen’ and ‘Butterfly’ Are Worth a Second Look
These impressive revivals are a reminder of just how rewarding revisiting familiar works can be.
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A New Star Shines in Yet Another Uninspired ‘Carmen’
In Carmen, Aigul Akhmetshina’s superb vocal achievement was greatly helped by Daniele Rustioni’s robust yet nuanced conducting.
A Humble ‘Carmen’ Outclasses an Over-the-Top ‘Tosca’ at the Metropolitan Opera
Clémentine Margaine's elegant 'Carmen' showed where Sondra Radvanovsky's 'Tosca' went wrong.
