Carlos Acosta first tackled the tragedy of Carmen back in 2015 in a one-act work for the Royal Ballet. It wasn’t a hit. Now, he remakes it into a full-evening piece for his electric Cuban company, Acosta Danza, and joins the cast himself. It’s no longer a turkey – but it still doesn’t take flight.
Georges Bizet’s 1875 opera forged an archetypal disaster of a relationship. Free-spirited Carmen captures and discards Don José’s heart. She wants fun, but he wants forever – it could never work.
