Virginia Opera presents French composer Georges Bizet’s passion-filled masterpiece Carmen, one of the most popular operas of all time, with recognizable arias including “The Habanera” and “The ...

“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 ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. We enter the beautiful auditorium and are struck by a dark structure of rough ...

Stephen Costell and Stephanie d'Oustrac in 'Carmen.' Photo by Karen Almond From its opening fanfare through its iconic arias to its tragic climax, Carmen has been a staple of the opera repertoire for ...

First, the piece itself: Georges Bizet’s 1875 opera boasts some of the most seductive and adhesive music ever written for the stage—it’s all hooks from first bar to last. It boasts a whistle-able ...

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 ...

The Mississippi Opera’s seven decades make it the country’s ninth oldest continuously producing professional opera company. Still singing strong, Mississippi Opera marks that 70-year milestone this ...