"Carmen" Cancelled! No Smoking!

[Michael]

A production of "Carmen" has been cancelled because the opera is set in a cigarette factory.
Maybe "Fidelio" should be banned. After all, it's set in a prison and might have a bad influence!

http://www.classicfm.com/music-news/...motes-smoking/

[hal9000]

Wait, that isn't The Onion.

[Michael]

Wait, that isn't The Onion.

That was my first thought. But I'm afraid it's true. (It's not April Fool's Day either. )

[Peter]

I'm not surprised, though I would have thought bull fighting a more likely reason!

[Sorrano]

Hmmm, I can think of a few operas, then, that should be canceled because of murder.

[Michael]

Hmmm, I can think of a few operas, then, that should be canceled because of murder.

In the story, you mean? Or by the conductor?

[Sorrano]

In the story, you mean? Or by the conductor?

That depends on if the audience is the victim. If so, then by the conductor and maybe a couple of performers.

[Decrepit Poster]

That depends on if the audience is the victim. If so, then by the conductor and maybe a couple of performers.

I'm more inclined to accuse the Stage Directory of murder. But then I'm biased against the "modernized" stagings so prevalent these days. As to Carmen, I've no problem with its being set in a cigarette factory, despite being a life-long non smoker who avoids second-hand exposure like the plague.