In today’s Orange County Register online, I review last night’s season opening performance of Carmen at L.A. Opera. Patricia Bardon sang the title role; Brandon Jovanovich sang Don Jose. Placido Domingo conducted.
Here’s the opening of my review:
“Carmen” again.
Nothing wrong with that, unless your cast is thinking it, too. Nothing wrong with that, unless the production you’re presenting once more was silly the first time around. Nothing wrong with that, if you’ve got a Carmen that can light the place on fire.
Click here to read the whole thing (one day pass or paid subs required), or pick up a copy of Thursday’s newspaper.
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Thursday?!
Monday print is sometimes pretty tight, space-wise, with all the weekend reviews coming in. Thursday’s is our “Go and Do” section, where we have tons of listings and previews of the weekend’s concerts and shows. The second performance of “Carmen” is Thursday, so the review fits in nicely in the “Go and Do” section. On the other hand, will anyone want to go to this “Carmen” after reading my review? Ha!
Thanks for the background info. Looking forward to hearing what Ms. Bardon thinks of Mom & Healdsburg.
Favorite line of the review: “…we were immediately transported to an outdoor mall, somewhere in Irvine.”
Heh, thanks. Way to “localize” the review, Mangan.