BroadwayWorld

Review: CARMEN Sizzles with Akhmetshina Heading Stellar Cast at the Met

From her first appearance on stage, it was clear that mezzo Aigul Akhmetshina was no flash in the pan when she gave us a scorching Carmen when this production was new just two years ago. The program ...
New York Classical Review

Superb singing makes up for the charm deficit of Met’s gritty, Southwest “Carmen”

All the more impressive, as he is simultaneously singing Giorgio in the Met’s new production of I Puritani, including The Met ...
BroadwayWorld

CARMEN to Return to the Metropolitan Opera in October

Don José will be portrayed by tenor Michael Fabiano for the first four performances, through November 7. Tenor Matthew Polenzani, who makes his Met role debut, returns for the final four November ...
The New York Times

Protesters Interrupt a Performance of ‘Carmen’ at the Met Opera

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by One of the protesters, who were arrested and removed from the hall, denounced the billionaire David H. Koch. By Adam Nagourney and Marina Harss A ...
The New York Times

Security Lapse Allowed Protesters to Disrupt Performance, Met Opera Says

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Peter Gelb, the Met’s general manager, said a security guard was absent from his post when two people climbed onstage at a performance of “Carmen.” By ...