Bizet News

Georges Bizet may not have received many congratulations on his new work when the curtain fell on "Carmen's" premiere at the Opra-Comique in 1875, but the Boston Lyric Opera deserves many for their fresh and exciting take on one of the most-performed operas in history.

THE SMUIN Ballet's Christmas Ballet is like spending the holiday with loved ones, opening brightly wrapped presents under the tree.

Would Brahms have "friended" Prokofiev or Bizet? Who knows? All I can say is the three got on swimmingly Saturday evening when the Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra put them together in a program of " Brahms and Friends " at the Michigan Theater.

Dana Beth Miller and John Bellemer star as Carmen and Don Jos in Boston Lyric Opera's production of Georges Bizet's Carmen .

It might just be another sign of the Apocalypse. Friday night was "Bloggers Night" at the Madison Opera's production of "Carmen." Those who attended the opening night performance were greeted by five writers sitting at a "Bloggers" table, taping away on laptop computers.

There ought to be a caravan of six-string enthusiasts headed down I-24 Friday night to check out the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet at Sewanee.

One of the baddest of opera's bad girls - so rebellious that sometimes she even smokes cigarettes - will strut her defiant stuff Saturday in the Music Hall of the Snug Harbor Cultural Center and Botanical Garden.

"World Passions," the collection of four works that Boston Ballet opened at the Opera House last night, was more pleasant than passionate until Kathleen Breen Combes sashayed out as the title character in Jorma Elo's Carmen .

Andy Anderson says he devised "Love & Lust," Mobile Opera's opening night concert, around three famous pieces of music.

When Georges Bizet's opera 'Carmen' first premiered at the Opera-Comique, sales were so poor that the theatre began giving tickets away to bolster attendance.

Date : Fri, 16 Oct 2009 10:21:48 +0500 VERDI CHORUS TO PRESENT FALL CONCERT NOVEMBER 21/22 Jenine Baines California Chronicle 15 October 2009 15:27:58 When most people think of going to the opera, there's a good chance they'll think of productions by Giuseppe Verdi, Giacomo Puccini or Georges Bizet.

Attending the opera were parent Jodi Walbridge, Dani Walbridge, Hannah Hoffman, parent Lori Hoffman, and Hannah Dillon.

Since Georges Bizet's "Carmen" premiered in 1875, the comic opera and its music have become immortalized on stage and in film.

Latvian dancer Raimond Martinov seems able to fly across the stage. He can be seen in Mzansi Productions' Carmen, a contemporary SA dance version of the 19th-century French opera.

The Minnesota Opera launched its 2009-2010 season last week with a gleaming production of Bizet's "The Pearl Fishers," led by a quartet of first-rate singers and lush orchestral playing conducted by Leonardo Vordoni.

THIS Saturday sees the return of the Market Rasen Band to perform their annual Proms to Poppies concert at the Festival Hall at 7.30pm. From start to finish the concert is full of favourites, old and new, from The Radetzky march to Elgara s Pomp and Circumstance, a real evening of nostalgia and free flowing music is assured.

"The Pearl Fishers," Georges Bizet's first opera, contains exceptionally gorgeous songs, but often receives a bad rap for its supposedly thin story line.

Go to the opera and see the world. That was a European trend from the late 18th to early 20th centuries, when composers and producers shrank the earth by transporting audiences to exotic locales, basing their works on ancient myths or lending their own stories an Asian, African or Middle Eastern spin.

Before there were soap operas there were, well, operas. And among the best of these sexy spectacles, for real sensuousness rather than silliness, is The Pearl Fishers , by Bizet .

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