Carmen is 150 years and still smoking! Georges Bizet’s Carmen is set in Seville, Spain, and tells the story of a captivating and fiercely independent woman whose desire for freedom collides with a ...

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 ...

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 ...

French composer Georges Bizet (1838 – 1875) was 25 years old when his opera, Les Pêcheurs de Perles (The Pearl Fishers), first premiered at the Theatre-Lyrique in Paris. Even though Bizet was a ...

The two consecutive evenings on 26 and 27 November, integrate an international cast of professional soloists in main roles with young Alexandrian voice students in secondary roles. The soloists ...

Think of Bizet and you think of Carmen. Most people would have to think hard to name another work. Perhaps it comes as a surprise to learn that he began his career as a child prodigy on the piano, ...

Georges Bizet’s story ought to have been a very straightforward one. It was clear to everyone who met him just how brilliantly and excitingly talented he was. He was also fortunate to live and work in ...

One of the most successful operas in the world will open the 99th Opera Festival in Verona in the summer of 2022: "Carmen" will transform the famous arena into a Seville full of joy and freedom. With ...