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Aigul Akhmetshina: Mujer Fatal album review – classy and sensual in music from Bizet to Britten and Bernstein

The mezzo-soprano lends supple and elegant voice to art song and musical numbers that explore womanhood

The Guardian - UK

How ‘catchy’ music is driven by rhythmic patterns

Puerto Rican icon Bad Bunny, a superstar rapper, has recently risen to global prominence as demonstrated by the 2026 Super Bowl halftime show.

The Conversation

Carmen review – big on noise but short on chemistry

ENO’S fourth revival of Calixto Bieito’s classic production starts at an exhilarating gallop but is thrown off course by its ill-fitting translation and onstage clamour

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The week in classical: Khovanshchina; Carmen review – the parallels with modern Russia are unmissable

Mussorgsky’s apocalyptic unfinished opera is given a fierce new lease of life by the McBurney brothers, Esa-Pekka Salonen and an exceptional young mezzo

The Guardian - UK

Carmen review – Akhmetshina and Elder make this an outstanding evening

Damiano Michieletto’s staging gets its first revival with Aigul Akhmetshina returning to the title role with panache and conviction

The Guardian - UK

The week in classical: Carmen; Celebrating 22 Years of Antonio Pappano – review

Glyndebourne hits 90 with Bizet’s sultry crowd-pleaser. Elsewhere, a starry farewell to a much loved maestro, and the fight to save Welsh National Opera

The Guardian - UK

Carmen review – Chaieb beguiles as the tragic heroine in uneven production

Opening the 2024 festival, Diane Paulus’s staging relocates Bizet’s tragedy to a grim present day. Rihab Chaieb is a strong Carmen, Dmitry Cheblykov’s Escamillo shines but Dmytro Popov’s José doesn’t convince

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Carmen review – Aigul Akhmetshina is electrifying in simmering, naturalistic staging

Conjuring the oppressive Mediterranean heat and the claustrophobia of a fraying close-knit community, Damiano Michieletto’s new production of Bizet’s tragedy is rich with drama and potent

The Guardian - UK

Carmen; California Connections review – sharp moves

Johan Inger’s cool take on Bizet’s tragic heroine is given its UK premiere by English National Ballet, while LA’s Yorke Dance Project celebrates three California dance pioneers

The Guardian - UK

Carmen review – stripped-back ballet focuses on the femicide

Given its UK premiere by English National Ballet, Johan Inger’s new version of the Bizet story cuts out cliche and embraces the bleakness – albeit at the expense of some passion

The Guardian - UK

Carmen, ENB at Sadler’s Wells review: is this reimagination of the fiery classic just too cool?

This English National Ballet show brings bitingly defined performances from a tight ensemble

Evening Standard

Rising Star Aigul Akhmetshina Takes on Carmen at the Met

Witness the extraordinary journey of Aigul Akhmetshina, the ordinary girl from Russia's heartland, as she takes on the role of Carmen at the Met Opera.

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Young Russian mezzo bids for breakout stardom in Met's new 'Carmen'

Aigul Akhmetshina says she’s a fighter — and she’s had to be to make it to the Metropolitan Opera, where she leads a new production of Bizet’s “Carmen” opening on New Year’s Eve

The Independent UK

Tottenham 1-0 Arsenal: Women’s Super League – as it happened

Martha Thomas’ goal seals a historic win as they beat north London rivals Arsenal for the first time in the Women’s Super League.

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Star on Mexican reimagining of "Carmen"

Barrera was "terrified" to tackle dancing in "Black Swan" director's movement-centric take on Bizet's famed opera

The Guardian - UK

Aston Villa 2-1 Tottenham: Women’s Super League – live reaction

Rachel Daly scores ninth league goal of the season to wrap up Aston Villa’s 2-1 win over Tottenham, dishing out Spurs’ fifth consecutive WSL defeat

The Guardian - UK

Carmen review – devil-woman clichés dispensed with as heroine radiates joy not lust

Kezia Bienek is a charismatic Carmen at the mercy of Don José’s obsessive control in Cecilia Stinton’s cogent and pacey new production

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Royal Opera stages Madama Butterfly with changes to respect Japanese culture

Revival of Puccini classic seeks to be ‘both true to the spirit of the original and authentic in its representation’

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Carmen review – this is Natalia Osipova’s show

The Royal Ballet star electrifies in Didy Veldman’s tricksy new reworking of a ubiquitous classic

The Guardian - UK

Carmen review – Osipova’s temptress stretches stage fiction and reality

Star dancer Natalia Osipova oozes drama in contemporary version of Bizet exploring backstage jealousy and on-stage attraction

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