“The music is wonderful ... Don’t miss this opportunity to see this wonderful opera.” Virginia Opera’s “Carmen” plays Nov. 22 and 24 at the Dominion Energy Center, 600 E.

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Opera singer Maria Ewing, known for her electrifying stage performances in Carmen and Salome, has died aged 71. The former wife of director Sir Peter Hall and mother of actress Rebecca Hall ...

Director Francesca Zambello’s durable production thrives on the strength of lead singers Eve-Maud Hubeaux and Jonathan ...

The opera opens in a world where unaccompanied ... the most beautiful and sought-after of them all. Carmen (singer/actor Rogali) establishes her preeminence in her very first song “Habanera ...

It’s hard to say how feminist an opera can really be when its heroine is brutally murdered at the finale. But it’s clear why both singers and directors might be drawn to cast Carmen in a light ...