DESPITE SOME FINE SINGING, CITY OPERA ‘CARMEN’ NOT ELECTRIFYING

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By CLIVE BARNES [NY Post, 11 April 2006]
SOME operas sing themselves, if you have the right singers. One of these foolproof – if not quite singer-proof – operas is Bizet’s “Carmen,” which returned to New York City Opera on Friday night, with a cast led by the sterling Kate Aldrich making her local debut as the wild and fiery Carmen.