When Georges Bizet finished composing his opera “Carmen” in the summer of 1874, he was full of optimism about its prospects. “I have written a work that is all clarity and vivacity, full of color and ...

Philadelphia -- Fans of the opera Carmen will be delighted by the Philadelphia Ballet's staging of Bizet's classic as a ballet. Featuring World Premiere Choreography by Artistic Director Angel Corella ...

Georges Bizet was just 24 when he wrote his first full-scale opera. He soon wished that he hadn’t. The Pearl Fishers, wrote one caustic Parisian critic, had “neither fishermen in the libretto nor ...

Bangkok Music Society presents its first full-choir concert of 2026, a musical journey with Georges Bizet, at Oriental Residence Bangkok, Witthayu Road, on Sunday at 3pm and 5pm. The BMS Choir is ...

Initial impressions are disconcerting, the bass thwacks at the start of the first suite extracted from Bizet’s Carmen by Ernest Giraud almost too polite, but the ears adjust quickly; what we get is ...

Bizet’s solo piano music is rarely encountered in the concert hall. Most standard reference books on piano repertoire omit him completely and in the whole 78rpm era only six recordings of his piano ...

The Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra (HK Phil) and its Resident Conductor Lio Kuokman conclude the orchestra's 2020/21 season on 2 & 3 July 2021 (Fri & Sat) in the Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert ...

Bangkok Music Society Choir returns with A Musical Journey with Bizet, and the evening leans closer to theatre than a standard concert. Costumes and staging frame the music with a sense of place, ...