Audiences hoping to encounter favorite works brush up against directors trying to make 21st-century opera fresh.

San Diego Opera will stage Bizet's CARMEN with Melody Wilson, Guadalupe Paz, Thomas Kinch, and Jonny Kaufmann in lead roles.

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-Comique in ...

The name is still “Carmen” but Kenneth Tindall’s remix of the sexy story puts poor bewitched Don José front and center, even more so than usual. A brisk 90 minutes, including intermission, this ...

Give us a great woman’s stories, and we’ll show you the world. This month, dancer and icon, Carmen de Lavallade ...

Opera is widely considered to be a seasonal flower.  Around the world opera festivals show their shoots in early spring, they ...

Detroit Opera brings 'The Handmaid's Tale' to the stage, offering a timely and emotionally charged operatic experience.

The Metropolitan Opera cut back its 2026-27 season due to a tight budget, even as ticket sales improved slightly ...

The opera, created by composer Jake Heggie and librettist Gene Scheer, in collaboration with director and choreographer Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, tells the story of Civil War-era spies Mary Jane Bowser, ...

There were knife fights in central Croydon on Friday, but no teenagers were involved. KEN TOWL reviews Ellen Kent’s ...

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