“Unlike Ms. Garanca, Ponselle was among the many Carmens who have tried some real dancing.”

Why is La Cieca not surprised that one of the few intelligent and detailed surveys of the dramatic element of the Met’s new Carmen should be written by a dance critic? [NYT]

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