My husband went to prop up ENO’s bank balance and see their production of Carmen, as he happened to be in London.
Vocally it was good, with Michaela as the pick of the bunch. The main problems he had centred on Escamillo. Firstly, the production was set in around the late 1950’s and this didn’t jar too much, except when he appeared in full toreador rig. And despite his singing, it was rather hard to understand what Carmen might have found attractive about him.