Anna Caterina Antonacci as Carmen

Standar Co Uk

London,Tuesday - 04 NOV 08

In the Italian soprano Anna Caterina Antonacci, we have a Carmen who moves with sinuous ease and oozes vampish allure.

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Crucially, she has the rich mezzo timbre required for this vocally taxing bitch-fatale role.

Hers is not the only animal magnetism on stage. There's a donkey and a chicken plus a huge black horse on which the toreador, Escamillo, makes his entry.

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Unfortunately, the four-legged steed rather outshone the two-legged stud, Ildebrando D'Arcangelo, who sounded pale and unsure, as if nervously attempting his first gymkhana.

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Once out of the saddle, he recovered his poise.
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