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 ...
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It has been a full eight months since I first set eyes on “Carmen.” I can’t wait to see her again, when the film opens at The Flicks in Boise, Friday May 19. For me, my introduction to this 21st ...
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 ...
The sexy and scandalous Carmen simply refuses to remain in the opera world, having flirted with ballet, hip hop and even rock and roll. As the Royal Opera House presents their new cabaret version, we ...
It’s regularly voted the most popular opera in the world, but Georges Bizet had no idea that his final work would become such a triumph, as Martin Buzacott explains. Prosper Mérimée was a French ...
GRAND RAPIDS -- "Cirque de la Symphonie" is just what the title says: Music director David Lockington and the Grand Rapids Symphony will play well-known melodies from the concert hall and the silver ...
LONDON — Fortissimo Films has acquired worldwide distribution rights, excluding South Africa, to Berlin Film Festival Golden Bear winner “U-Carmen eKhayelitsha.” “U-Carmen” is Brit helmer Mark ...