When does an expertise become a straitjacket? It is not only actors playing a long-running role in a soap or a detective series who can find themselves "stuck" with a character: pity the opera singer ...

Get a first look at The Met Opera's highly anticipated new production of Carmen. In her highly anticipated Met debut, Cracknell reinvigorates the classic story of deadly passion with a staging that ...

One of the most popular operas ever, Georges Bizet’s Carmen carries with it the drama, scale and sex appeal befitting to kick off the Los Angeles Opera’s 2013-14 season at the Dorothy Chandler ...

Bizet came from a very musical family – his father was a composer and his mother was a pianist – and his own musical talents were obvious from an early age. In fact, he was such a talented child that ...

Of all the memorable melodies in George Bizet's Carmen, the strutting "Toreador Song" stands out for popping up all over the place — from bass-baritone Samuel Ramey celebrating the Letter L on Sesame ...