HAMPTON ROADS, Va. — Lisa Marie Rogali ("Carmen") and Zach Borichevsky ("Don Josè") share some insights from behind the scenes of Virginia Opera's latest production: Georges Bizet's beloved opera ...

Behind the scenes of Florida Grand Opera’s “Carmen,” there are intriguing legacies: This will be the 24th production for mezzo soprano Ginger Costa-Jackson who will be singing the role of “Carmen”; ...

Watching and listening to Georges Bizet’s “Carmen” at Sarasota Opera is a bit like sitting through a collection of opera’s greatest hits, all in one production, which likely explains its enduring ...

“U-Carmen” is a revelation of the most uplifting variety, not just a re-imagining of Georges Bizet’s beloved 1875 opera (which has already been handled on film several times), but a veritable treatise ...

Even if you don’t think you know opera, trust me: You know Carmen. It’s like the “Hallelujah Chorus” or “Ride of the Valkyries,” classical songs that worm their way into the cultural subconscious.

As the fate motif sounds in the orchestra at the end of the Prelude to Georges Bizet’s “Carmen,” the curtain — in San Francisco Opera’s current revival of director Francesca Zambello’s production — ...