I’m looking forward to conducting Bizet’s Carmen for English National Opera (ENO) this autumn, alongside fellow conductor, ...

Safe” is a word used far too often in ENO’s bizarre new version of a programme, full of uncredited articles, at least two of ...

The Dallas Opera is opening its 2025-26 season with sets and costumes based on designs from the Paris premiere of Georges ...

Bizet’s opera Carmen is a powerful presence in our cultural landscape, with melodies such as that of the habanera "L'amour ...

This October Toledo Opera brings Bizet’s masterpiece, Carmen, to the stage. Carmen has captivated audiences since it made its ...

Hold on to your coconuts.

Hold on to your coconuts.

If Bieito’s reputation was built as an enfant terrible of operatic production, then the sex and violence widely featured in ...

This summer season, there is a plethora of outstanding cultural performances happening on the island. New and returning festivals will entertain culture lovers until the fall. In early September, not ...

Tuesday, September 30, Toledo Opera and Handmade Toledo will host Unmasking Carmen: Artistry, Identity, & Interpretation — a ...

Carmen: a woman ablaze with passion, surrounded by men possessed by obsession and jealousy. One of opera’s most well-known characters sets herself on a road to tragedy when she meets Don José, a ...