Georges Bizet may not have received many congratulations on his new work when the curtain fell on "Carmen's" premiere at the Opéra-Comique in 1875, but the Boston Lyric Opera deserves many for their ...

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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 ...

A s the fate motif sounds in the orchestra at the end of the Prelude to Georges Bizet’s “Carmen,” the curtain — in San Francisco Opera’s current revival of director Francesca Zambello ...

Loin de la lumière et de l’effervescence de Séville, cette nouvelle production de Carmen place les personnages de l’œuvre de Georges Bizet dans un monde sombre et violent, marqué par le ...

Bizet's Carmen is probably the best known opera of the standard repertoire, yet its very familiarity often prevents us from approaching it with the seriousness it deserves. This handbook explores the ...

O pera directors like to reimagine the classics. Take Georges Bizet’s “Carmen,” which San Francisco Opera opened on Wednesday. While there have been a Nazi-era Carmen, a 20th-century ...

À partir du 10 janvier, Paris lance une programmation spéciale dans ses conservatoires, ses musées et ses bibliothèques pour ...

Initially the piece was a flop - critics complained that it didn't have enough melody in it and Bizet died three months later thinking himself a failure. He didn't live to see 'Carmen' gradually ...

RÉCIT - Pour les 150 ans de sa création, le chef-d’œuvre de Bizet s’apprête à partir en tournée dans sa version d’origine reconstituée. L’occasion de revenir sur les raisons d’un ...