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Barrie Kosky takes a stairway to Carmen

Barrie Kosky takes a stairway to Carmen

Robert Tanitch reviews Carmen at Royal Opera House, London EC2 At its Paris premiere in 1875 the French critics thought the opera, an adaptation of Prosper Mérimée’s novella, scandalous and obscene. T ...
A brilliant production by Ivo van Hove

A brilliant production by Ivo van Hove

Robert Tanitch reviews The Damned (Les Damnés) at the Barbican Theatre, London EC2 Ivo van Hove was invited by the Comédie-Française to direct them in a play of his own choice. He decided to stage Luc ...