Nina Evelyn Anderson grew up singing in her church, honoring God with her soulful soprano. Her choir teacher at Howard High School told the poised young woman she was talented. But Anderson didn’t ...
All the more impressive, as he is simultaneously singing Giorgio in the Met’s new production of I Puritani, including The Met ...
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.
The Argentinian-born Groag has enjoyed a long and multi-faceted career as a director-playwright-actor. As an actor, she won a Helen Hayes Award for her performance in the now-legendary original ...
150 years after its original debut, it's safe to say Georges Bizet's Carmen is one of the most well-known and beloved operas in the world. Now the Arizona Opera is spearheading an ambitious attempt to ...
Opera Idaho is letting Carmen tell her own story. Since her creation, the titular character has always had her story told from the perspective of the men around her. Now it’s her turn to tell ...
Opera's legendary femme fatale returns to Lyric Opera of Chicago with Bizet's Carmen - March 11 - April 7, 2023 - starring J'Nai Bridges, a leading interpreter of the famous title role and a singer ...
Georges Bizet’s “Carmen” is the third-most performed opera in the world and one that has transcended the opera theater and entered the public consciousness. Whether in the form of Muppet renditions or ...
On the first evening of spring, there was still a bit of a brisk feeling in the air outside the Theatre for the Performing Arts. But oh, inside, the New Orleans Opera Association transported its ...
An opera in four acts, the story of Carmen is taken from Prosper Mérimée’s novella and turned into a libretto written by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy. Premiered in 1875 at the Opéra-Comique in ...