Watching and listening to Georges Bizet’s “Carmen” at Sarasota Opera is a bit like sitting through a collection of opera’s greatest hits, all in one production, which likely explains its enduring ...

Tickets: $50-$160 ($40-$150 for May 6 performance). Info: 303-468-2030 or operacolorado.org. Tickets are limited. Etc.: Opera Colorado performs Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly” in November 2014, Mozart’s ...

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.

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. The Lyric Opera organization has brought to Kansas City audiences incredible ...

A classic opera, and Indiana premiere and a Stephen Sondheim comedy that contains one of his most devastatingly beautiful songs will be on Indianapolis Opera's 2023-2024 season. The indoor part of the ...

George Bizet's restless, fiery, free-spirited heroine Carmen is the current production at the Lyric Opera. Mezzo-soprano J'Nai Bridges in the title role grabs you from the moment of her first entrance ...

You’ve heard the music of the opera “Carmen” on “Sesame Street” and in commercials, but that’s not why it’s been called opera’s guilty pleasure. Even the critics who panned Bizet’s opera at its ...

The enduring popularity of Georges Bizet’s opera “Carmen” flows from the uncommon unity of its fabulous melodies with the story’s magnetic characters and their emotions. Opera San Antonio’s “Carmen” ...

"Carmen" is MTV's first "Hip Hopera," and while that phrase may be way too cute for its own good, this reworking of Bizet's opera into a contemporary, hip-hop musical works quite well, and represents ...

The Dallas Opera begins its season this Friday with the most famous of all operas, Carmen. But there’s an audacious twist: it’s a visual recreation of the original 1875 staging, with carefully made ...