With mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard in the title role of this revival, which opened Tuesday night, that impression was ...

BY ALAN SHERROD   Note for note, minute for minute, Georges Bizet’s Carmen can seem today like one hit tune after another.

It’s one of the most often performed and most beloved operas of all time, and it’s coming to the Schuster Center. Bizet’s iconic Carmen— is the story of a fiery woman ...

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

Niamh O'Sullivan as Carmen and John Findon as Don José: fitfully powerful, finely sungAll images by Bill Knight for The Arts Desk O’Sullivan has emerged as a marvellous singer-actor, with a singular, ...

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 ...

“Carmen” is, in a word, problematic, but ballet companies and opera houses continue to stage versions of Bizet’s opera, a tale of a free-spirited Romani who seduces a soldier, only to be killed by him ...

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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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