Bizet finished his most famous and most popular piece of work, the opera 'Carmen', in 1874. The 'Habanera' from Act I and the 'Toreador Song' from Act II of 'Carmen' are now two of the best known ...

Initially the piece was a flop - critics complained that it didn't have enough melody in it and Bizet died three months later thinking himself a failure. He didn't live to see 'Carmen' gradually ...

The heroines in operas and ballets often die in the end, usually at the hands of a jealous man. Bizet’s Carmen is no different, even in Gustavo Ramírez Sansano’s 21st-century dance version. But from ...

Georges Bizet’s Carmen was last seen here in 2019 in Francesca Zambello’s production, which is now revved. I attended the Saturday evening performance on November 16 at the War Memorial Opera House.

A s the fate motif sounds in the orchestra at the end of the Prelude to Georges Bizet’s “Carmen,” the curtain — in San Francisco Opera’s current revival of director Francesca Zambello ...

The Schaefer Center Presents Series Opens Spring Season with Ballet Hispánico’s CARMEN.maquia. Celebrate 150 years of Bizet’s masterpiece in this revolutionary fusion of art ...

Carmen is an opera in four acts by the French composer Georges Bizet. The libretto was written by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, based on a novella of the same title by Prosper Mérimée.

The 2024/25 Season program celebrates the 150th anniversary of Bizet's beloved classic opera Carmen with a reimagining of Gustavo Ramírez Sansano's Picasso-inspired, contemporary version ...