Carmen 3D (2011)

Passion! Seduction! Obsession! Crime! Murder! Opera is a case of taking tabloid news and setting it to music.

Unlike U-Carmen eKhayelitsha and Sweeney Todd, this is an actual stage production that's been filmed for audiences in the cinema.

The compromise between stage production and film aesthetics AND 3D takes some getting used to, though.

Read my full review at Fridae, first published on 1 April 2011.