When does an expertise become a straitjacket? It is not only actors playing a long-running role in a soap or a detective series who can find themselves "stuck" with a character: pity the opera singer ...

“Carmen Jones” hasn’t been seen on Broadway since the 1940s despite the excellent 1954 film version starring Dorothy Dandridge and Harry Belafonte. It’s dearth of Broadway revivals could stem from the ...

One of the most popular operas ever, Georges Bizet’s Carmen carries with it the drama, scale and sex appeal befitting to kick off the Los Angeles Opera’s 2013-14 season at the Dorothy Chandler ...

Now in its fourth summer, Opera Wilmington will serve up one of the genre's favorite soap operas, Georges Bizet's "Carmen." The production opens Friday for a two-weekend run at the Mainstage Theatre ...

Portland Opera launches their 2022/23 season this November with a cultural touchstone, Bizet's Carmen. Featuring melodic gems such as the Habanera and the Toreador Song, this new-to-Portland ...

Perfect in the role of Carmen’s mousy competition, Micaëla, is the internationally renown, Justyna Giermola, whose shy and modest demeanor let her rich soprano drip Cap this with Don Jose himself, ...

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 ...

Bizet’s “Carmen,” perhaps the most notorious opera, tells the tragic romance of the beautiful gypsy Carmen and an already-betrothed soldier, Don Jose. Written in the 1870s and set in Spain, the story ...

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 ...