With mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard in the title role of this revival, which opened Tuesday night, that impression was ...

This weekend, Sept. 29-Oct. 1, Opera Santa Barbara will offer a new production of “Carmen” (1875), with music by Georges Bizét and a libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, based on the novella ...

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“Carmen,” Georges Bizet’s sprawling opera about a transfixing gypsy and the love triangle she cultivates, is one of the most performed operas in the world. This familiarity – a dose of comfort amid ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

What is it about Bizet’s 19th century operatic masterwork “Carmen” that makes filmmakers want to tinker? The venerable morality play has endured no less than three cinematic adaptations, the most ...

Everyone knows "Carmen," with its steamy portrayal of love and jealousy. But not quite so many people know "La Tragédie de Carmen," a retelling of George Bizet's famous opera, created by the English ...