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Home » Was Carmen Russian?

Was Carmen Russian?

January 24, 2016 by Frank Finkenberg

You probably know that Bizet’s tragic heroine was Spanish, hailing from Seville. But historian and OGSA past president Carol Garrard traces the story back to a poem by Alexander Pushkin, whose works inspired many operas. Along the way she imagines how the Arizona Daily Star would have treated the tale if Carmen were a contemporary Tucsonan, and answers the question, “What does Carmen want, anyway?” Read the full engrossing article, and don’t miss Arizona Opera’s production of Carmen January 30 and 31.

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