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 ...

Carmen is the world’s third most performed opera. Its tale of the doomed love affair between an innocent young soldier and a beguiling young woman, one unconstrained by conventional beliefs, was seen ...

“Carmen” is, in a word, problematic, but ballet companies and opera houses continue to stage versions of Bizet’s opera, a tale of a free-spirited Romani who seduces a soldier, only to be killed by him ...

The premiere of Georges Bizet's opera 'Carmen,' directed by Ada Hausvater, opens the new season of the Bucharest National Opera on 1 October at 18:30. According to a press release the organisers sent ...

Set in sunbaked Seville, it's got doomed loves and a jealous murder. It's got rough-around-the edges women working in a cigarette factory, plus soldiers, smugglers, a Roma femme fatale and a dashing ...

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 ...

Valley Opera and Performing Arts (VOPA) concludes its 20th Anniversary season with one of opera's most beloved and electrifying masterpieces: Georges Bizet's Carmen. Directed by Dylan F. Thomas and ...

March 3 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1845, Florida was admitted to the United States as the 27th state. In 1875, "Carmen" by Georges Bizet premiered in Paris. In 1879, attorney Belva Ann ...

Northern Ireland Opera unveils the first cast and creative team for the company’s performance of Georges Bizet’s Carmen.

Northern Ireland Opera has unveiled the first cast and creative team for the company’s performance of Georges Bizet’s Carmen.