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New productions of Bizet’s famous opera are ... more than it does Andalusia, Kosky’s Carmen is delightfully gamine and androgynous in 1920s costumes that range from a matador’s suit to ...
The next season will feature three of the world’s most popular works, “Pagliacci,” “The Barber of Seville” and “Carmen” ...
jazz-infused re-imagining of Georges Bizet's famous opera of love and death. With an original score composed by Richard Erickson performed live, the St. Paul company's "Carmen in the 1920s" will ...
By Zachary Woolfe The Metropolitan Opera says its new production of “Carmen” aims at “reinvigorating the classic story.” To that end, the director Carrie Cracknell has updated Bizet’s ...
There was plenty to admire about the Sioux City Symphony Orchestra’s production of “Carmen” Sunday night. Forced to make a choice, however, Cecilia Violetta Lopez’s work as the innocent maiden Micaela ...
Bizet’s Carmen has everything you want from an opera: high drama, passionate characters, a love story. And what’s more it’s absolutely packed with great melodies – even if you don’t know the opera, ...
This is not a reinterpretation of Bizet’s Carmen, but a completely new experience. Motivated by the French composer’s fatal romance and memories of his mother, Millepied realizes an intense ...
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 ...
Here, Carmen becomes more than a mesmerizing woman—she is a freedom fighter. This production also marks the 150th anniversary of Georges Bizet’s death, with Carmen standing as his final and ...