One of the most popular operas in the contemporary operatic repertoire, Georges Bizet's Carmen offers tantalizing challenges to directors looking for fresh ways to interpret it. Among the more intriguing and successful was a 1943 African-American Broadway version, re-titled Carmen Jones, set in a parachute factory in North Carolina during World War 11, directed by […]
SOURCE: Australian Arts Review at 12:46AM on July 1, 2016