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 ...

On the afternoon of Sunday, May 17, the Brooklyn-based Regina Opera Company presented the opera “Carmen” by Georges Bizet (1838-75). “Carmen” was Bizet’s masterpiece — an opera in four acts, with ...

Amarillo is set for an evening of passion and drama as the Amarillo Opera presents Georges Bizet’s iconic "Carmen" on Saturday, Oct. 5 at 7 p.m. at the Globe-News Center for the Performing Arts.

Ryan Speedo Green, playing love interest Escamillo, rousing the chorus in the famous Toréador (or bullfighter) aria. Opera San Antonio is building a new tradition of opera in the Alamo City and seeks ...

Behind the scenes of Florida Grand Opera’s “Carmen,” there are intriguing legacies: This will be the 24th production for mezzo soprano Ginger Costa-Jackson who will be singing the role of “Carmen”; ...

Set your passions alight with this steamy opera full of love, seduction, and betrayal. Follow the fate of Don José, a naïve soldier who falls under the spell of the fiery gypsy Carmen, and abandons ...

Ellen Kent Farewell Tour 2026 🎭 Complete UK venue guide - 42 theatres across England, Scotland & Wales After 30 years ...

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.

An opera in four acts, the story of Carmen is taken from Prosper Mérimée’s novella and turned into a libretto written by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy. Premiered in 1875 at the Opéra-Comique in ...

"Carmen” is a spectacle of a film that reinterprets Georges Bizet's classic 19th-century opera as a dance-filled, tragically romantic border story. It comes from first-time director Benjamin Millepied ...

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 ...