The production marks the U.S. premiere of Calixto Bieito's bold 1999 staging of Bizet's 'Carmen.' He has set the action in post-Franco Spain, cut much of the dialogue and created indelible pictures of a frontier society beset by hardship, cruelty and sexual violence. At Friday's opening, Irene Roberts played the title role, and Brian Jagde played Don José.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 07:52AM on May 29, 2016