Georges Bizet

Almost like mini-residencies, this spring's offerings from London’s Royal Ballet and the Bolshoi Ballet from Moscow will each bring three unique concerts featuring some of the most beloved and stylistically demonstrative choreography born from those...

The Oscar Wilde tomb at the Père Lachaise cemetery in Paris has traditionally been covered in lip marks left by adoring fans of the famous playwright and wit. Starting this week, visitors will no longer be allowed to kiss the tomb thanks to a...

On Thursday, October 6, the York Cadet, Concert, and Symphony Orchestras, under the direction of Ray Ostwald, will perform their eighth annual concert combined with …...

The Orlando Ballet wraps up its season beginning this Friday night with “Carmen,” the tale of jealousy and betrayal inspired by Georges Bizet’s celebrated opera. The epic story follows fiery Gypsy Carmen and her lover, Don Jose, as...

"Carmen in 3D" -- which is believed to be the first opera to be shot in 3-D for movie theaters -- will premiere as the closing selection of the Santa Barbara FIlm Festival on Feb. 6 and is scheduled to......

Opera lovers, it's time once again for the “Opera on Film” series at the Enzian. (And if you're not an opera lover, here's a good way to check one out.) For the third year, Enzian Theatre in Maitland has partnered with Emerging Pictures  to...

Rise Stevens, an American mezzo soprano celebrated for her earthy interpretation of "Carmen," whose career also encompassed television and movie appearances alongside matinee idols Bing Crosby and Nelson Eddy, died Wednesdayof natural causes at her home...

Marking its 40th anniversary, Orlando Ballet plans to expand its Mainstage Season to four productions. The popular “Vampire's Ball” won't return, but fans of classical ballet can look forward to “Carmen” and “Romeo and...

Artist Cliff Barnes, a long-time resident of Burbank, received two national art awards this summer and attended both juried out-of-state exhibits. The American Plains Artists selected Barnes' watercolor “Riding Proud” as Best of Show at its...

Opera Comique opens this Thursday at the Sherman Playhouse and tickets are just $10 on opening night, half the usual price. It's a comedic farce that takes place at the 1875 premiere of Georges Bizet's Carmen in Paris, in a theater that's not quite up the...

Four vocalists, three instrumentalists, two dancers. That's the field competing this year for the title of Howard County's Rising Star, an honor bestowed annually at the "Celebration of the Arts in Howard County." This year's gala, Saturday, March 24 in...

Maryland Symphony Orchestra Music Director Elizabeth Schulze recalled Sunday how she made a local connection to French composer Gabriel Pierne, whose work represented a time in France when some of the greatest music was being created. Schulze, speaking...