Aigul Akhmetshina, performing now at the Met, shares her thoughts on what it takes to bring the famous Habanera to life.

The production team of Bizet’s “Carmen” at the Metropolitan Opera demanded their names be removed from programs due to a ...

From her first appearance on stage, it was clear that mezzo Aigul Akhmetshina was no flash in the pan when she gave us a scorching Carmen when this production was new just two years ago. The program ...

The Metropolitan Opera’s 2025-26 season of Saturday matinee broadcasts continues this weekend at 1 p.m. with a live broadcast of one of the world’s most popular operas, Bizet’s ...

Reports of the “disastrous” premiere of Georges Bizet’s Carmen have been greatly exaggerated. Some in the Paris audience were shocked by the eponymous heroine’s forthright sexuality, and there were ...