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. By Christopher Corwin
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. By Christopher Corwin
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. By James Jorden