Carmen with Nikola Printz

On Episode 1 of Decanonized, mezzo-soprano Nikola Printz joins us to discuss what many consider to be the greatest opera: Georges Bizet's Carmen (1875). Topics include fate, othering, hating cops, whether Carmen really has to die, why Don José would make the worst camping partner, and the dream blunt rotation of Alexander Chee, Tank Girl, and Susan McClary. For this episode, we saw Carmen live in Berlin via an organ trafficking-coded production by Ole Anders Tandberg at the Deutsche Oper, so bonus digressions on kidney harvesting and bull testicles! Show page (including a playlist, recommended reading, opera synopsis and more): https://www.decanonized.com/episodes/bizet-carmen More info: https://www.decanonized.com Follow Decanonized on Instagram at @decanonized Follow Nikola at: https://www.nikolaprintz.com and on Instagram at @itisnika