San Diegans may think they know the opera “Carmen,” but the San Diego Opera production of Georges Bizet’s tragedy that opened ...

French composer Georges Bizet’s 1875 opera “Carmen” has endured in the operatic repertoire for close to 150 years. It’s past time, then, for opera companies staging the show to offer fresh, modern ...

The story at the heart of the opera “Carmen” stuck in Benjamin Millepied’s mind from his childhood into his adulthood. With his new film by the same name, the choreographer-turned-director has ...

Carmen is the world’s third most performed opera. Its tale of the doomed love affair between an innocent young soldier and a ...

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 ...

Before there was Johnny and Amber, there was Don José and Carmen, a toxic love that acts as a textbook for how to not have romantic relationships. With the Depp vs. Heard trial putting the topic of ...

Hearing the frothy and ultra-familiar strains of the Carmen overture rising from the Granada Theatre orchestra pit last week had the combinative effect of cultural comfort food and a freshly scrubbed ...

Amarillo is set for an evening of passion and drama as the Amarillo Opera presents Georges Bizet’s iconic "Carmen" on Saturday, Oct. 5 at 7 p.m. at the Globe-News Center for the Performing Arts.

When the fiery gypsy Carmen first burst onto the stage in 1875 in Georges Bizet’s opera of the same name, she was something of a shocker. French audiences, used to meeker heroines, often from more ...

Director Keturah Stickann is neither a native San Diegan nor a current resident, but few San Diego Opera regulars have deeper ties to our local company ...

Amarillo is set for an evening of passion and drama as the Amarillo Opera presents Georges Bizet’s iconic "Carmen" on Saturday, Oct. 5 at 7 p.m. at the Globe-News Center for the Performing Arts.