Carmen has played MUNY several times, and in original language. Rise Stevens, the most famous Carmen, performed it in Kiel Opera House with the traveling MET in 1952. Opera Theater is not permitted to perform at either Kiel or MUNY. Neither is the Symphony. Neither are the Shakespeare companies. Neither are our repertory companies. Neither is Stages.This is a big loss to the region, if you consider southern Illinois part of the region, because of the potential for much larger audiences from a much larger area. .