Ginger Costa-Jackson is Carmen in Maria Todaro’s Florida Grand Opera production of George Bizet’s opera, opening Saturday, April 12 at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, Miami. Behind ...
HOW MUCH: $22-$105 general admission; $15 students/under 30; $5 to qualified low-income New Mexico residents through the Opera for All initiative; at operasouthwest.org, 505-724-4771 One of the most ...
History was made in 1875 in Paris when Georges Bizet’s opera, Carmen, with libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, has its world premiere. Carmen has become one of the most famous and frequently ...
When Georges Bizet’s opera “Carmen” premiered in 1875, scandalized Parisian audiences couldn’t wrap their minds around the story of a woman who brawled, smoked like a chimney and refused to be tied ...
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 ...
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 ...
Even if you don’t think you know opera, trust me: You know Carmen. It’s like the “Hallelujah Chorus” or “Ride of the Valkyries,” classical songs that worm their way into the cultural subconscious.
150 years after its original debut, it's safe to say Georges Bizet's Carmen is one of the most well-known and beloved operas in the world. Now the Arizona Opera is spearheading an ambitious attempt to ...
The first words uttered by Carmen mark one of the greatest entrances in the history of opera and express all that need be said: “Love is a rebellious bird that no one can tame…” With a devilish sway ...
George Bizet's restless, fiery, free-spirited heroine Carmen is the current production at the Lyric Opera. Mezzo-soprano J'Nai Bridges in the title role grabs you from the moment of her first entrance ...
Florida Grand Opera has announced that internationally renowned mezzo-soprano Ginger Costa-Jackson and her soprano sisters Marina Costa-Jackson and Miriam Costa-Jackson will perform together for the ...