Bizet’s opera Carmen is a powerful presence in our cultural landscape, with melodies such as that of the habanera “L’amour est un oiseau rebelle” etched into the public’s consciousness. The gritty ...

After the British composer and conductor Benjamin Britten wrote two serious operas in the form of Peter Grimes and The Rape of Lucretia, he decided to turn his hand to comedy. The result was Albert ...

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The first performance, Britten's 'The Rape of Lucretia,' will take place on Friday, October 17 at 7.30pm. This chamber opera, written after the conclusion of the Second World War, tells the story of ...

You get only one chance to make a first impression, and the first sight of Boston Lyric Opera’s recent “Macbeth” was a head-scratcher. The curtain rose to reveal a full stage, the BLO chorus dressed ...

A soap opera star who once starred on the Disney Channel is facing a serious medical challenge. Kirsten Storms, known these days for her role as Maxie Jones on ABC’s General Hospital announced this ...

Bizet's Carmen has claims to be the most popular opera of all, but Calixto Bieito's production is an odd mix of good and dubious ideas Carmen has everything one could wish for in an opera: glorious ...

On Saturday, October 18, 2025, the International Fair of Sardinia will transform into a huge party in full Bavarian style: the Sardinia Oktoberfest returns, the event that every year attracts ...

The Oxnard Navigation Center and Casa de Carmen supportive housing apartments will share a building in downtown Oxnard. The project is hoping to welcome residents at the end of October. A long-awaited ...

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 ...

Arts Council England won itself many new enemies when, in 2022, it announced that, for English National Opera to keep its £12million grant, it would have to move to Manchester – as as if to say, ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Raise a cheer for Benjamin Britten. Faced with the challenge of performing opera in an austerity-stricken ...