Director Francesca Zambello’s durable production thrives on the strength of lead singers Eve-Maud Hubeaux and Jonathan ...

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Yet, between these two immensely powerful performances, one was left searching for the nuanced love and passion that would ...

George Bizet's 'Carmen,' is now on stage at San Francisco's War Memorial Opera House. Jonathan Tetelman, who sings the role ...

"Carmen" is a gold-coin opera that insures large audiences in hard times. This one is well sung and staged, with engaging dance interludes and a lively children's chorus. It's a joy to hear French so ...

The first surprise for me is that Carmen (the brilliant Monika Ledzion ... characters like the boy and the devil, which make this opera a new type of story. With an intriguing set design by ...

“It’s the gateway opera,” says Adam Turner, Virginia Opera’s artistic director, of “Carmen’s” enduring popularity. “For anyone who’s never seen an opera, this is the on ...

opera’s classic blond good girl who, up against black-haired, classic dark beauty Carmen, has zero chance of getting her man. Now add a fine supporting cast, a huge chorus of 35, the Virginia ...