Just in: Carmen cancels Covent Garden
mainMessage from the Royal Opera House
Clémentine Margaine has withdrawn from singing the title role of Carmen. The role will now be sung on 22, 24, 26 and 28 June and 10, 13, 16 and 20 July by French mezzo-soprano Anaïk Morel and on 2 and 5 July by Russian mezzo-soprano and Jette Parker Young Artist Aigul Akhmetshina.
No reason given whatsoever.
You’re blaming Manacorda’s withdrawal from Glyndebourne on Brexit, but not this. Why the inconsistency?
Aigul is a sensational perfomer.