Bizet’s Les Pecheurs de Perles (The Pearlfishers) was composed 12 years before his masterpiece Carmen, but includes his popular tenor and baritone duet, Au fond du temple saint. Opera Australia opens ...

Sopranos always know how to make a triumphant entrance… watch Danielle de Niese’s fabulously bold performance of Bizet’s aria ‘Habanera’. A fantastically dramatic entry, a bold Bizet aria, and a ...

If Georges Bizet had not composed Carmen—one of the three or four greatest operas ever written—perhaps his earlier opera, Les Pêcheurs de Perles (The Pearl Fishers), would be better known. As it is, ...

Bogotá will host a gala concert on October 3, 2026, marking the 50th anniversary of Ópera de Colombia, with works by Mozart, ...

The Met celebrates the new year with a new production of Bizet's Carmen by acclaimed English director Carrie Cracknell, opening on Sunday, December 31, at 6:30PM. In her highly anticipated Met debut, ...

"Sweet money, you'll make my heart happy," young Toby suddenly exults, to the rhythm of a light waltz. His mad hope contrasts with the terrible predicament he has been addressing since the beginning ...

Aigul Akhmetshina dazzles, but Mark Elder’s heavy-handed conducting dulls the sparkle of the first revival of Michieletto’s Carmen staging Freddie De Tommaso & Aigul Akhmetshina (Photo: Marc Brenner) ...

“The score of Les pêcheurs de perles does M. Bizet the greatest honor,” he observed in a review, “and he will have to be recognized as a composer in spite of his rare talent as a pianist.” The ...

When Bizet’s opera Carmen was first performed in 1875, critics reported the reception was "glacial." After only 33 performances the composer died suddenly, never to know of the international success ...