Bizet’s Carmen, OperaUpClose, Soho Theatre
There is no definitive edition of Bizet’s Carmen. In January and March 1875, two different editions of the score were published, neither of which match the conducting score for its premiere…
The Boys from Bohème: An Unexpected Opera Chat Show
I have to start this review with a confession: the more you go to Unexpected Opera shows, the harder it gets to remain objective about them. As I’ve now seen…
Bonkers, busy Bizet: Pop Up Opera’s Le docteur Miracle
Bizet’s Le docteur Miracle is no serious opera: it is, by contrast, frivolous in the extreme. Uniquely among operettas, it contains a (beautifully-written) quartet in praise of an omelette – which turns out…