Last seen on the OTSL stage as the tragically spurned Ottavia i n “The Coronation of Poppea” in 2019, mezzo Sarah Mesko is a Carmen with attitude to spare. At the same time, she needs to be independent minded and strong willed-a vamp with attitude. The theatrical vitality of a production of "Carmen" has traditionally hinged, therefore, on whether or not the mezzo in the title role can convince the audience that she's so utterly irresistible that she can entice a straight arrow like Don José to abandon the military life and become an outlaw. When Carmen sings the famous "Habanera" while sinuously gyrating around Don José, there's not much room for doubt what everybody is thinking of when they're singing about l'amour. "Carmen" has drama, it has some of Bizet's most memorable and therefore most popular melodies, and last-but most definitely not least-it has sensuality. Louis (OTSL) opened their 47th season with a polished if occasionally odd production of Bizet’s 1875 tragedy "Carmen." It’s the company’s fourth production of a work that, according to Operabase, was the second most popular opera in the world in the 2021/2022 season, edged out only by Mozart’s "The Magic Flute" (which also happens to be in the current OTSL season).
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