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If Romance Is Dead, Opera’s Giving Me Life


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"Carmen" is the opera that many of us know. At its recent local run at the venerable Queen Elizabeth Theatre in downtown Vancouver, I was tempted to yodel at the top of my lungs, “Toreador, don’t spit on the floor!” It’s a favourite schoolyard reworking of the opera’s most famous aria. I restrained myself, because the Vancouver Opera’s new production of Carmen was already a glorious amount of fun. Dorothy Woodend writes. Dorothy is The Tyee's culture editor. Published May 6, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/05/06/If-Romance-Dead-Opera-Giving-Me-Life/
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