She’s the one your mother warned you about. She’s beautiful, seductive, wily, fickle and elusive. Her name is Carmen, and she’s the centerpiece of the 1875 opera by Georges Bizet that opens the New ...

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 ...

Even if you don’t think you know opera, trust me: You know Carmen. It’s like the “Hallelujah Chorus” or “Ride of the Valkyries,” classical songs that worm their way into the cultural subconscious.

We're less easily shocked today. But watching Florentine Opera's new production of "Carmen," it's easy to see what startled its Parisian audience when Bizet's opera debuted in 1875. Carmen's brazen ...

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 “Carmen” debuted in Paris at the Opéra Comique in 1875 it was cause for scandal. Critics panned it. Audiences, expecting the family fare typical of the venue, were shocked by its ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Festival Opera’s 32nd annual season will continue Sunday, August 6 at 4 p.m., when ...

Carmen is back at the Union Avenue Opera. This audience favorite will open the opera’s 30th anniversary season with four performances on July 5, 6, 12, and 13. Carmen by Georges Bizet follows the ...

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Horses have been taught to trot and dance to some of composer Georges Bizet’s immortal melodies in a groundbreaking collaboration between Opera Theater of Connecticut, Patricia Norcia Dressage and ...