Title: Not a Fan
Product review: Adapting operas into the musical theater style is not uncommon, but what is uncommon is using almost the exact same music as the original opera which Carmen Jones does. If you know Bizet's Carmen, you will immediately recognize the music on this CD... even if you don't know the opera you have probably heard some of the music. However, this adaption changes the libretto significantly. I personally am not a fan. If I want to hear Carmen I will listen to Carmen. If I want to hear Carmen in English, I could find a English translated recording. This doesn't fit. It sounds too much like the opera, even the singers are quite operatic. The new setting isn't different enough to give the listener something fascinatingly different. Whats the point? I don't suggest this, really, to anyone other than collectors. I don't even have a favorite song. Two stars and the only reason is it still uses Bizet's beautiful music.
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