Carmen La Cubana review " a spirited ensemble
Sadler's Wells, LondonBizet and Hammerstein get a Cuban makeover, played out here with charm and flairCarmen, the heroine of Bizet's opera, is restless. She won't be stilled or silenced. This fast-moving musical version sends her to Cuba on the cusp of change in 1958, fomenting Castro's revolution.The history of Carmen is one of cultural appropriation " always dunked in someone's idea of a thrillingly exotic other. T…