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.

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 ...

“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 ...

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 title character of Georges Bizet’s “Carmen” is a lusty gypsy girl who works in a cigarette factory in 19th century Spain. Her occupation is proving to be troublesome in 21st century Australia, ...

Opera Philadelphia is staging one of the world's most famous operas but giving it a whole new twist. The story of Carmen originally took place in 1820s Spain. This new production is set in the 1950s. ...

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.

In this week’s Opera Cheat Sheet, Houston Public Media’s St.John Flynn and Eric Skelly discuss Bizet’s tour de force, Carmen, the story of the naïve and unstable young soldier Don José who is seduced ...

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.

Donna Reed meets David Bowie and Rocky Horror, backed by a ‘70s light show. “The Tragedy of Carmen” may not have had something for everyone. But it certainly had a little something of everything. The ...

Los Angeles Opera is not without ambition or ingenuity, let alone is it risk adverse. It just looked that way Saturday night at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion as the company entered its fourth decade ...