Carmen and her girl-gang work in a cigarette factory, from which they emerge in a riotous gaggle, attracting the attention of a group of soldiers, led by Don Jose: it won't end well! It was a director ...

Damiano Michieletto’s atmospheric production of Bizet’s Carmen returns to Covent Garden and the title role is now taken by ...

Composed by Georges Bizet and premiering in 1875, Carmen is a widely adored opera that's performed in French and set in ...

The Met begins the New Year with a vital new production of one of opera’s most enduringly powerful works. Acclaimed English director Carrie Cracknell makes her Met debut, reinvigorating the classic ...

Aigul Akhmetshina dazzles, but Mark Elder’s heavy-handed conducting dulls the sparkle of the first revival of Michieletto’s Carmen staging Freddie De Tommaso & Aigul Akhmetshina (Photo: Marc Brenner) ...

Gillian Moore is joined by a roster of distinguished historians for this major new BBC Radio 3 series, charting a course ...

The French composer dies just three months after the premiere of the opera, which became one of the most performed titles in the world ...

Breaking news to your phone. US mobile only. No password required. Broadway + NYC Broadway Off-Broadway Off-Off Broadway Cabaret Dance Opera Classical Music West End / UK Carmen is the world’s third ...

Georges Bizet was just 24 when he wrote his first full-scale opera. He soon wished that he hadn’t. The Pearl Fishers, wrote one caustic Parisian critic, had “neither fishermen in the libretto nor ...

"Sweet money, you'll make my heart happy," young Toby suddenly exults, to the rhythm of a light waltz. His mad hope contrasts with the terrible predicament he has been addressing since the beginning ...