Carmen: a woman ablaze with passion, surrounded by men possessed by obsession and jealousy. One of opera’s most well-known characters sets herself on a road to tragedy when she meets Don José, a ...

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Calixto Bieito’s staging of Bizet’s masterpiece remains a calling card for ENO – dust, danger and late-Franco grit cutting against picture-postcard Seville. I’ve admired it here before on many ...

Carmen is back at the Union Avenue Opera. This audience favorite will open the opera’s 30th anniversary season with four performances on July 5, 6, 12, and 13. Carmen by Georges Bizet follows the ...

Dogs dressed in student-made, upcycled coats will walk the runway on Oct. 16 at the University of Arizona’s annual “Dogs N Denim” fashion show. Hosted by the UA Norton School of Human Ecology... If ...

Opera Worcester presents Bizet’s Carmen in English at Droitwich’s Norbury Theatre, 25–28 March. Enjoy this Spanish Civil War ...

Even so, I'd challenge anyone to read a rather cheeky programme note interpreting Bieito’s production points and find much that tallied in the performance. Late Franco era? Chances are that won't be ...

There is a surprise in store, though. The cigarette factory bell rings and the soldiers, with much jostling and thrusting of loins, prepare to ogle the women workers. Out comes Carmen, jet-black hair ...

One for everyone’s bucket list, join us for Bizet’s irresistible Carmen — a timeless tale of seduction, obsession and possession, and one of the most popular and celebrated operas ever written. In ...