By Anne Midgette [NY Times, 8 October 2005]

Opera's classic Cinderella story was reversed in the Metropolitan Opera's "Carmen" on Thursday night. Instead of an artist making her debut when the scheduled singer falls ill, it was the scheduled debut that was canceled when Milena Kitic, who was to sing the title role, had to withdraw. She was replaced by Nancy Fabiola Herrera, who already made her Met debut last year as Suzuki.