Stephen Costell and Stephanie d'Oustrac in 'Carmen.' Photo by Karen Almond From its opening fanfare through its iconic arias to its tragic climax, Carmen has been a staple of the opera repertoire for ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Watching and listening to Georges Bizet’s “Carmen” at Sarasota Opera is a bit like sitting through a collection of opera’s ...

“Carmen,” Georges Bizet’s sprawling opera about a transfixing gypsy and the love triangle she cultivates, is one of the most performed operas in the world. This familiarity – a dose of comfort amid ...

On the afternoon of Sunday, May 17, the Brooklyn-based Regina Opera Company presented the opera “Carmen” by Georges Bizet (1838-75). “Carmen” was Bizet’s masterpiece — an opera in four acts, with ...

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 of the Bizet-Meilhac/Ludovic opera was ...

It’s been said before, but Carmen is the perfect opera for beginners: it’s less than three hours long, it contains familiar music, and the timeless story is adaptable to nearly any moment in history.

You know what they say about people who assume, but based on casting alone, it was hard not to expect great things from Lyric Opera’s latest “Carmen.” The company tapped mezzo-soprano and Ryan Opera ...