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Love triangle drama at Opera Holland Park

03.06.10
The gods blessed Carmen's premiere with much better weather than Debussy’s opera Pelléas et Melisande. Even the drone of an overhead plane harmonised nicely.... more

Carmen suffers more from gyp than gypsy

20.03.09
Life imitating art and actors imitating their characters is not new but Gades has created a startlingly innovative double plot for Carmen.... more

Carmen is opera for eyes not heart

27.02.09
Carmen at the Albert Hall is a visual treat with fine musical accompaniment, if only a mite of dramatic interest. ... more

Carmen with a difference

07.07.08
Bizet's Carmen is usually presented as a big-stage spectacular but not in David McVicar's Glyndebourne production.... more

A gipsy spectacular

26.03.08
The best is saved till last in Francesca Zambello's staging of Bizet's Carmen, says Fiona Maddocks.... more

Be seduced by a superstar

15.01.08
La Traviata was a triumph of operatic spectacle with the superstar of the 21st century, Anna Netrebko, giving an electrifying performance.... more

No smoke, no smut

01.10.07
This almost unbelievably wide of the mark production of Carmen has no smoke, no energy and no intensity.... more

Time to meet Ms Jones

17.07.07
A new all-black production of Carmen Jones is about to hit the London stage but it's still all about the music, as Warwick Thompson discovers.... more

Earthbound gypsies

23.01.07
Just as ENO's Figaro was lifted by last weekend's change of cast, so the Royal Opera's Carmen has taken a tumble with its new line-up, says Fiona Maddocks.... more

Critic's choice: Opera

22.01.07
With its pouting, hip-swinging femme fatale and thumping good tunes, Bizet's Carmen is for many the epitome of opera. ... more

No smoke but plenty of fire

11.12.06
Covent Garden's new Carmen is physical and sexy and has it all: bondage, cleavage, animals, acrobats and a tenor to die for, says Fiona Maddocks.... more

The accidental opera singer

18.10.06
He shot to stardom late in life. Now Marcelo Alvarez, one of the great tenors, is back at Covent Garden. He talks to Fiona Maddocks.... more

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