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 ...

French composer Georges Bizet’s 1875 opera “Carmen” has endured in the operatic repertoire for close to 150 years. It’s past time, then, for opera companies staging the show to offer fresh, modern ...

The story at the heart of the opera “Carmen” stuck in Benjamin Millepied’s mind from his childhood into his adulthood. With his new film by the same name, the choreographer-turned-director has ...

We're less easily shocked today. But watching Florentine Opera's new production of "Carmen," it's easy to see what startled its Parisian audience when Bizet's opera debuted in 1875. Carmen's brazen ...

Amarillo is set for an evening of passion and drama as the Amarillo Opera presents Georges Bizet’s iconic "Carmen" on Saturday, Oct. 5 at 7 p.m. at the Globe-News Center for the Performing Arts.

When the fiery gypsy Carmen first burst onto the stage in 1875 in Georges Bizet’s opera of the same name, she was something of a shocker. French audiences, used to meeker heroines, often from more ...

Director Keturah Stickann is neither a native San Diegan nor a current resident, but few San Diego Opera regulars have deeper ties to our local company ...

FLORENCE, Italy (AP) — Carmen, the opera heroine, gets to live instead of being slain – thanks to a bold twist to the finale of the Georges Bizet work by some who believe it's time to say enough to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Behind the scenes of Florida Grand Opera’s “Carmen,” there are intriguing legacies: This will be the 24th production for mezzo ...