No opera is more familiar to the world than “Carmen,” Georges Bizet’s masterpiece about a doomed love triangle. The characters and their foibles are so real and its tunes so memorable that it is one ...

Opera North’s daring and debauched new production of Carmen opens in Downtown Seville, in the US state of Ohio with the risible, cartoon-like ensemble blasting on to the stage during the Overture.

Carmen (Heather Shipp) is ostracised from her community for being the only person able to overcome the monotony of the workplace and resist the brutal authority figures. However, Director Daniel ...