Bizet’s “Carmen.” The 19th century’s political unrest, social class, power struggle, murder, scandal, gender, race, now fits our 2lst century. Result? Rejiggering the opera as a film. Director’s ...

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Dance, commonly relegated to the background, is the main character in "Carmen." Choreographer and former ballet dancer Benjamin Millepied pushes the boundaries of dance in his feature directorial ...

Exclusive: Mescal's first post-"Aftersun" role is this opera-inspired film set against the backdrop of the modern American immigration system. Millepied’s film stars Mescal and Melissa Barrera as an ...

Everything is beautiful at the ballet. The Joffrey Ballet’s current production marking its 70th anniversary and premiere at the Lyric Opera House is George Bizet’s eternal Carmen. The late, great ...

“Carmen” cannot be accurately called a success, but it’s a lot more interesting than most genuine successes. The feature directing debut of choreographer Benjamin Millepied, it has the feel of a first ...

Ballet star Benjamin Millepied directs an opera-free 'Carmen' that can't decide if it's a dance piece, an avant-garde musical or a straight-up melodrama. Yet this flamenco-inspired “Carmen” is often ...

Lyric Opera of Chicago will hold auditions for solo dancers with significant stage experience for its upcoming production of Carmen, the classic opera by Georges Bizet, on Sunday, August 28, 2022. The ...

Sebastien Laudenbach's animated Viva Carmen debuts at Cannes as a gateway for young audiences into opera, with tips for ...

Horses have been taught to trot and dance to some of composer Georges Bizet’s immortal melodies in a groundbreaking collaboration between Opera Theater of Connecticut, Patricia Norcia Dressage and ...

“Carmen” is, in a word, problematic, but ballet companies and opera houses continue to stage versions of Bizet’s opera, a tale of a free-spirited Romani who seduces a soldier, only to be killed by him ...

Dance, commonly relegated to the background, is the main character in “Carmen.” Choreographer and former ballet dancer Benjamin Millepied pushes the boundaries of dance in his feature directorial ...