Bizet’s “Carmen,” perhaps the most notorious opera, tells the tragic romance of the beautiful gypsy Carmen and an already-betrothed soldier, Don Jose. Written in the 1870s and set in Spain, the story ...

Bizet’s Carmen has everything you want from an opera: high drama, passionate characters, a love story. And what’s more it’s absolutely packed with great melodies – even if you don’t know the opera, ...

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.

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. ...

Damiano Michieletto's Carmen at the Royal Opera House is full of intriguing ideas, but it is the glorious performances of the main singers Aigul Akhmetshina and Piotr Beczala that make the strongest ...

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 ...

Director Carrie Cracknell, who made her Metropolitan Opera debut with a new production of Bizet’s “Carmen” on New Year’s Eve, is known for modernizing and giving a feminist edge to classic texts. Her ...

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, ...

One of the most popular of all operas, Georges Bizet’s Carmen opened the Dallas Opera’s 2025-26 season Friday night at the Winspear Opera House.

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 ...

For Nikola Printz, returning to the title role of “Carmen” at Opera San Jose is like coming home. The mezzo-soprano says their connection to Bizet’s masterpiece has always had special significance. “I ...

For its 12th season, Opera in the Heights is offering a series of Intimate Portraits: Women in Love. Carmen, the femme fatale of Bizet's once radical tragedy, represents opera's love-'em-and-leave-'em ...