Carmen @ Sarasota
Celebrate the International Women’s Day with French composer Georges Bizet (1833-75) Carmen @ Sarasota Opera. The opera was premiered in 1875. This one is long too: 7:30-11pm.
… more pix on TripAdvisor
This production is, perhaps the 3rd Carmen I’ve seen, or at least, remembered that I went:
1️⃣ NY Met: it was the best, with Denyce Graves
2️⃣ 2006 SF: too long … and the kids
3️⃣ 2024: this one is fine …
During the height of her career, Denyce Graves (1964-) was slim (when chubby is the norm) and beautiful. The roll of seductive and enigmatic Carmen was so fitting for her.
Chelsea Laggan (2001?-) is the Carmen of this production. Although I enjoyed her performance but her slightly chubby figure (which is the industry norm) doesn’t fit the bill. Denyce Graves and even figure skater Katarina Witt (1965-), who free skated to Carmen in her 1988 Calgary Olympics that won her the gold medal are constantly in my mind, as if I could get more joy out of thinking of them. ha ha ha
Victor Starsky plays the jealous Corporal Don José, and Andrew Manea, the bullfighter Escamillo.
kids come on at 10:40pm. (Both 2️⃣ and 3️⃣ used kids) I’m wondering, don’t the kids need to go to sleep? It’s well past their bed time. What’s the children regulation in the entertainment industry?
It’s Friday and the house is full. We purchased our ticket at the last moment, at the last row. Many, mostly women are dressed up.
The audience at this one is the worst so far: talking, phone ringing, (the orchestra stopped), dropped phones, candy wrappers; two couples near us got up and left in the middle of the Act.
这是我记得的第三个 “卡门”
1️⃣ 在纽约大都会: 最棒 是Denyce Graves (1964-) 在她事业的巅峰 苗条动人
2️⃣ 2006 三藩市: 老太太裹脚布 太长了
3️⃣ 2024: 中规中矩
纽约的制作没有用娃娃们. 今晚的制作 10:40 一群娃上场
想知道 他们不需要按时睡觉吗?
娱乐界怎么保障儿童的工作时间?
妞妞们 三八节快乐 [拥抱]
… dinner at Beso was ok.
