“Pagliacci” may be best known for Canio’s first-act aria, but its sprightly overture is also instantly recognizable. The ...

The season opens with Giacomo Puccini's "La bohème" from Jan. 23-26, followed by Georges Bizet's "The Pearl Fishers" from Feb. 20-22. The final opera of the season will be Giuseppe Verdi's powerful ...

The Dallas Opera begins its season this Friday with the most famous of all operas, Carmen. But there’s an audacious twist: it’s a visual recreation of the original 1875 staging, with carefully made ...

Bizet’s opera Carmen is a powerful presence in our cultural landscape, with melodies such as that of the habanera “L’amour est un oiseau rebelle” etched into the public’s consciousness. The gritty ...

Marion Kerno / Opera de Rouen Reports of the “disastrous” premiere of Georges Bizet’s Carmen have been greatly exaggerated. Some in the Paris audience were shocked by the eponymous heroine’s ...

WOKE theatre bosses have slapped trigger warnings on a classic opera, saying nudity and screaming may upset audiences. Ticket-holders are being advised Carmen contains “sudden loud screams” and ...

TDO presents the U.S. Premiere of a reconstruction of Bizet's beloved opera's debut production 150 years ago. Mrs. Eugene McDermott Music Director Emmanuel Villaume conducts The Dallas Opera Orchestra ...

Nicholas Fox conducts Opera in the Park 2024 La Traviata. Photo courtesy of Opera in the Park. Last summer, Opera in the Park Portland made a big change and moved its annual summer performance from ...

Some of the greatest tunes from the world of opera will be swirling around Peninsula Park this Sunday during a free production of Bizet’s “Carmen” presented by Opera in the Park. Its memorable arias ...

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The hand-painted backdrops in “Carmen” offer “an amazing effect,” shares Ian Derrer, the opera’s Kern Wildenthal general director and CEO. Marion Kerno/Opéra de Rouen The Dallas Opera begins its 68th ...

If you’re accustomed to performances of Georges Bizet’s opera “Carmen” that paint the tragic heroine as a temptress, get ready for a production reminding fans that it takes two to tango.