Few opening notes in opera are more famous than those in “Carmen.” The theme, which repeats as a bullfighters procession, invites spectators into the topsy turvy world of Carmen’s fatal allure. On ...

Maximalist design, gorgeous music and grim reality come together in a smart, seductive and spectacular production from Opera Australia Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email Opera’s most ...

Last year, when Damiano Michieletto's production of Carmen first appeared at the Royal Opera House, Aigul Akhmetshina's received great praise for her performance in the title role. This year she has ...

We asked which opera you would recommend to somebody who has never seen one before. According to the ABC Classic audience it's not just a matter which opera, but for whom, and how to go about it.

Ankara State Opera and Ballet staged French composer Georges Bizet’s celebrated opera “Carmen” on Feb. 7, reintroducing the work to audiences at the Opera Stage after 12 years. First premiered 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 ...

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Set in sunbaked Seville, it's got doomed loves and a jealous murder. It's got rough-around-the edges women working in a cigarette factory, plus soldiers, smugglers, a Roma femme fatale and a dashing ...

Is this town big enough for two productions of "Carmen" on the same weekend? Or are the Florentine Opera and Milwaukee Ballet headed for Carmaggedon? We will find out the weekend of May 16-18, when ...

Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. The year 2025 is the 150th anniversary of Carmen, one of the most popular — and controversial — operas ever ...