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Daniel P Quinn's avatar

CARMEN is brilliant musically but the libretto, not so much. We sang CARMEN in a vapid English translation in high school. The Met version by Leonard Bernstein w Marilyn Horne was rough and ready. Callas brilliant but Bizet died before it premiered. De Los Angelas very late in her career sang CARMEN at City Opera that got scathing reviews. CARMEN still thrives,

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Ayten's avatar

Thank you Michele. Carmen is one of my favourites.

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