Classic Arts News First Look at the Royal Opera House’s New Production of Carmen Barrie Kosky’s staging of the Bizet opera opened in London February 6. The Royal Opera House’s new production of ...

Watching and listening to Georges Bizet’s “Carmen” at Sarasota Opera is a bit like sitting through a collection of opera’s greatest hits, all in one production, which likely explains its enduring ...

Stephen Costell and Stephanie d'Oustrac in 'Carmen.' Photo by Karen Almond From its opening fanfare through its iconic arias to its tragic climax, Carmen has been a staple of the opera repertoire for ...

When it comes to the public imagination, opera is a genre built on contradiction: exclusive yet ubiquitous. No member of that esteemed canon encapsulates this contradiction better than Georges Bizet’s ...

Louis, Tracy, Zuniga and Micaëla – not necessarily in that order – were the stars of this revival of Francesca Zambello’s 2006 production of Carmen, since horse, donkey, Lieutenant and Good Girl all ...

Carmen is an opera in four acts by French composer Georges Bizet. The libretto was written by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, based on a novella of the same title by Prosper Mérimée. The opera was ...

Hawaii Opera Theatre (HOT) is thrilled to announce the highly anticipated return of mezzo-soprano Alice Chung in the title role of Bizet’s Carmen, opening on Friday, April 11th, 2025, at the Neal S.

If you have, or you get, tickets to Bizet's best known opera, "Carmen," at Artis—Naples on Wednesday and Thursday, you'll be watching from inside a jail cell. But you won't miss any of the action.

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Opera Philadelphia is staging one of the world's most famous operas but giving it a whole new twist. The story of Carmen originally took place in 1820s Spain. This new production is set in the 1950s. ...