When the curtain first came down on Georges Bizet’s Carmen, on March 3, 1875, nobody in attendance would have guessed that they had witnessed what would become admired as one of opera’s finest ...

Georges Bizet was just 24 when he wrote his first full-scale opera. He soon wished that he hadn’t. The Pearl Fishers, wrote one caustic Parisian critic, had “neither fishermen in the libretto nor ...

Bizet’s songs have featured prominently in his anniversary year, and this new recording of his Op 21 set follows on from a substantial selection included in Bru Zane’s set of his lesser-known works (4 ...

Michel Plasson conducts the Toulouse Capitole Orchestra, chorus and principals in one of the best-loved operas ever composed. Angela Gheorghiu in the title role of Carmen with Inva Mula-Tchako as ...

Queen Bey meets Bizet in this expertly sung TV Habañera for the ages. Twenty years ago, Beyoncé hit the world’s TV screens around the world, singing an entertaining, and quite inspired, adaption of ...

When Bizet’s opera Carmen was first performed in 1875, critics reported the reception was "glacial." After only 33 performances the composer died suddenly, never to know of the international success ...

Carmen is an opera in four acts by 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 opera was ...

Petite Marguerite Marianne Croux, Soprano Luca Montebugnoli, Piano Edoardo Torbianelli, Piano La rose et l’abeille Marianne Croux, Soprano Luca Montebugnoli, Piano Edoardo Torbianelli, Piano La Foi, l ...

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Portland Opera launches their 2022/23 season this November with a cultural touchstone, Bizet's Carmen. Featuring melodic gems such as the Habanera and the Toreador Song, this new-to-Portland ...

Opera has many ways of killing off its tragic heroines. The French critic Catherine Clément catalogued a few: “Nine by knife, two of them suicides; three by fire; two who jump; two consumptives; three ...