The Royal Opera has published two cast changes to Carmen on May 17, 20, and 23.
Ramona Zaharia comes in for Vasilisa Berzhanskaya in the title role and Adam Smith subs for Brandon Jovanovich as Don Jose.
Tickets are in plentiful supply.
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The Saxon soprano Barbara Hoene has died, aged 80. She spent 36 years as a soloist of the Semper Oper in Dresden, where she was appointed Kammersängerin, She married the violinist Klaus Hoene and retired […]
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