“Carmen” is, in a word, problematic, but ballet companies and opera houses continue to stage versions of Bizet’s opera, a tale of a free-spirited Romani who seduces a soldier, only to be killed by him ...

North Carolina Opera's Carmen showcases exceptional vocal talent, a magnificent orchestra, and thoughtful design. While the ...

CHICAGO—“Carmen” has a tragic ending as did the opera’s composer Georges Bizet (1838–1875). In his lifetime, he considered himself a failure, for when his last opera, “Carmen,” was mounted in Paris in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Watching and listening to Georges Bizet's "Carmen" at Sarasota Opera is a bit like sitting through a collection of opera's ...

In an unspecified southern U.S. locale, Michael Levine’s first act set offered a chain-link fence topped with barbed wire protecting three austere truck bays where feisty factory girls in Tom Scott’s ...

When Bizet’s opera Carmen was first performed in 1875, critics reported the reception was "glacial." After only 33 performances the composer died suddenly, never to know of the international success ...

Carmen’s rhythms set her body in perpetual motion – contagious and seductive. Nancy Fabiola Herrera as Carmen & the Opera Australia Chorus, photo: Branco Gaica The fictional character of Carmen – the ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by During a break at the Royal Opera House, Aigul Akhmetshina discussed her action-packed career, “Carmen” and her mission to spread her love of opera.

Ginger Costa-Jackson is Carmen in Maria Todaro’s Florida Grand Opera production of George Bizet’s opera, opening April 12 at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, Miami. (Photo by Walt ...

When Georges Bizet’s opera “Carmen” premiered in 1875, scandalized Parisian audiences couldn’t wrap their minds around the story of a woman who brawled, smoked like a chimney and refused to be tied ...

Not all the directorial decisions work equally well, but we’ll get to one of those later. Bizet’s score has been trimmed slightly and we don’t get all the dialogue, but the cuts mean that the evening ...