![]() Nor did they come from tenor Michael Polanzani, who was also making a role-debut as Don Jose. Where vocal fireworks are concerned, they didn’t come from J’Nai Briidges. But, no, already into its third of seven performances, on June 14 J’Nai Bridges’ Carmen was still, at best, a work in progress. She’s just there, going through the motions we associate with Carmen, but never catching fire either vocally or dramatically.Although J’Nai Bridges was undertaking the role of Carmen for the first time, there was reason to think she could bring it off successfully, based on her performance, one of the few good things, in the 2017 world premiere of John Adams’ woebegone Girls of the Golden West. ![]() Her voice simply doesn’t project, nor does her acting. Unfortunately, the San Francisco Opera’s current Carmen, mezzo-soprano J’Nai Bridges. Bizet’s Carmen is almost unimaginable without a dynamic, alluring, title-role singer.
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