Carmen is not only a poor woman in a rich man’s world, but a gypsy – one of the most marginalised groups of any society, in any era. Clémentine Margaine as ...

Georges Bizet’s Carmen was last seen here in 2019 in Francesca Zambello’s production, which is now revved. I attended the Saturday evening performance on November 16 at the War Memorial Opera House.

At the same time, Zambello’s durable version of “Carmen,” which originated in 2006 and was last seen in San Francisco in 2019, doesn’t stint Bizet’s local color, which was to the delight ...