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 ...

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You know what they say about people who assume, but based on casting alone, it was hard not to expect great things from Lyric Opera’s latest “Carmen.” The company tapped mezzo-soprano and Ryan Opera ...

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 ...

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 ...