It has been a full eight months since I first set eyes on “Carmen.” I can’t wait to see her again, when the film opens at The Flicks in Boise, Friday May 19. For me, my introduction to this 21st ...

When it comes to the public imagination, opera is a genre built on contradiction: exclusive yet ubiquitous. No member of that esteemed canon encapsulates this contradiction better than Georges Bizet’s ...

Months after the 1875 world premiere of Carmen was met with hostile reviews, 36-year-old composer George Bizet died without knowing his work would become one of the most popular of all operas. The ...

San Diego Opera set to close season with a vibrant ‘Carmen’ ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Starring a magnetic Aigul Akhmetshina, Carrie Cracknell’s lethargic staging updates Bizet’s opera to present-day America. By Zachary Woolfe The ...