Onstage during Arielle Smith’s fabulous new, female-first vision of the classic “Carmen,” which had its world premiere at the San Francisco Ballet Thursday night, the titular character wields a fiery ...

The Dallas Opera begins its season this Friday with the most famous of all operas, Carmen. But there’s an audacious twist: it’s a visual recreation of the original 1875 staging, with carefully made ...

The hand-painted backdrops in “Carmen” offer “an amazing effect,” shares Ian Derrer, the opera’s Kern Wildenthal general director and CEO. Marion Kerno/Opéra de Rouen The Dallas Opera begins its 68th ...

Marion Kerno / Opera de Rouen Reports of the “disastrous” premiere of Georges Bizet’s Carmen have been greatly exaggerated. Some in the Paris audience were shocked by the eponymous heroine’s ...

Nina Evelyn Anderson grew up singing in her church, honoring God with her soulful soprano. Her choir teacher at Howard High School told the poised young woman she was talented. But Anderson didn’t ...

Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. Amid a steady rain, the Santa Fe Opera opened its 65th season Friday night with a thoughtfully conceived and ...

Celebrating Virginia Opera’s 50th season, and back in the repertoire after a 10-year absence, behold opera’s feistiest, most fickle, most fearless and most freedom-loving proto-feminist heroine. She’s ...