When the curtain first came down on Georges Bizet’s Carmen, on March 3, 1875, nobody in attendance would have guessed that they had witnessed what would become admired as one of opera’s finest ...

Bizet’s two famous operas couldn’t be more different. The first, The Pearl Fishers, is cruelly remembered for containing only one hit. Carmen, by contrast, is so packed full of memorable melodies that ...

The overture to Bizet’s opera Carmen has accompanied the Formula One champagne-spraying podium tradition since the mid-90s. Since it was first televised in 1978, Formula One racing has become ...

When Bizet’s opera Carmen was first performed in 1875, critics reported the reception was "glacial." After only 33 performances the composer died suddenly, never to know of the international success ...

Director Carrie Cracknell, who made her Metropolitan Opera debut with a new production of Bizet’s “Carmen” on New Year’s Eve, is known for modernizing and giving a feminist edge to classic texts. Her ...

The sexy and scandalous Carmen simply refuses to remain in the opera world, having flirted with ballet, hip hop and even rock and roll. As the Royal Opera House presents their new cabaret version, we ...

The ever popular and hardy perennial of the operatic canon, composer Georges Bizet’s Carmen, was given a unique yet solid interpretation by the Wolf Trap Opera under the direction of John de los ...

Bizet came from a very musical family – his father was a composer and his mother was a pianist – and his own musical talents were obvious from an early age. In fact, he was such a talented child that ...

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 ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Dance By Alastair Macaulay In his overture to “Carmen,” Bizet introduces a recurring motif that listeners have invariably associated with fate and ...