И вот, кажется, ларчик открылся:
Italy gives world-famous opera Carmen a defiant new ending in stand against violence to women
One of the world’s best-loved operas has been given a radically different ending in Italy, with the heroine killing her tormentor rather than being killed herself, in a stand against violence to women.
In what is believed to be a world first, a production of Bizet’s Carmen will see the gypsy Carmen shoot her thwarted admirer Don José with a pistol that she grabs off him, rather than being stabbed to death by him.
The dramatic departure from operatic orthodoxy is an attempt to shine the spotlight on the modern-day abuse and mistreatment of women, an issue given added resonance by the outrage over the behaviour of Harvey Weinstein and Donald Trump.
Вызывает, правда, антирес, удалось ли певице спеть финальные слова тенором, как это предполагал Бизе и привыкла почтенная публика. Да и финальные слова "
И вообще, новый фронт борьбы открывает перед творцами режоперы ну просто огромные перспективы, благо
По нынешним толерантным временам - должно пойти на ура.