But watching Florentine Opera's new production of "Carmen ... In composer Georges Bizet and his French librettists' fantasy version of Spain, Carmen is a Roma woman who works in a cigarette ...

REALLY, REALLY EXCITED TO GO SEE CARMEN. YOU SEE THE DATES RIGHT THERE ON THE SCREEN. MAY 16TH AND THE 18TH FLORENTINE OPERA. WHAT AN INCREDIBLE MOMENT TO HAVE SOMEONE SO SUCCESSFUL BE ABLE TO CO ...

Set in Spain and sung in French, George Bizet’s Carmen has some of the most famous melodies and characters in any opera. The opera opens outside a cigarette factory in Seville, where soldiers have ...

Technically, of course, “Carmen” was composed by a French composer, Georges Bizet. But the opera is set in Spain and features a passionate and deadly love triangle involving a bullfighter ...

Last year, when Damiano Michieletto's production of Carmen first appeared at the Royal Opera House ... using his jacket as a matador's cape. Chilean soprano Yaritza Veliz was excellent in ...

From 1875 to 2025, Georges Bizet's Carmen still proves ever-popular; Damiano Michieletto's production of Carmen has returned to The Royal Opera House, and, staying true to the original ...

An opera in four acts, the story of Carmen is taken from Prosper Mérimée’s novella and turned into a libretto written by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy. Premiered in 1875 at the Opéra ...

Ginger Costa-Jackson is Carmen in Maria Todaro ... into her version – the novelist was in Spain during the Civil War as a correspondent. Since her opera is set in the midst of Francisco ...

Behind the scenes of Florida Grand Opera’s ... the role of Carmen 250 times. Todaro has reimagined the production, taking it out of George Bizet’s early 19th century Spain and placing ...

HONOLULU (Island News) -- The French opera Carmen is celebrating 150 years with Hawaii Opera Theatre (HOT) with two special performances this weekend. Georges Bizet’s passionate and timeless ...

Reducing a work of art to its essential elements can have a number of consequences. At best, it distills what makes an individual memorable into a concentrated, intense experience that both ...