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Damiano Michieletto directs Carmen in London ( ****½) [cinema]

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May 15, 2024
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Aigul Akhmetshina als Carmen © ROH  Camilla Greenwell

Actually, the opera Carmen is mostly about Don José. It is his fate that moves us, more than that of the title heroine, a female Don Giovanni, whose unbridled ideal of freedom ends in a similar hellscape. The question then is : why can Don José, once he has found the allumeuse Carmen on his path, not …

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