Carmen is reportedly one of the most performed operas in the world but I wonder for how long.
Watching the Opera North production of Georges Bizet's work at the Theatre Royal in Newcastle was a bit of an uncomfortable experience for me. Women seen as playthings for disagreeable blokes.
While the vocal performances were strong and the orchestra first rate, at the end I was left feeling maybe 150 years after it was written it's reached its sell by date.
