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 ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Critic’s Spotlight Aigul Akhmetshina, performing now at the Met, shares her thoughts on what it takes to bring the famous Habanera to life. Critic’s Spotlight Aigul Akhmetshina, ...

Rinat Shaham has played the role of Carmen in hundreds of different productions all over the world. Loading Rinat's Carmen is unforgiving and gutsy — both in manor and voice — backed up by the Opera ...

The opera world’s new star singer creates a sensation in a packed London eatery, with one of Bizet’s most delectable arias. One of London’s top Italian restaurants got an unexpected dose of opera, as ...

All this month on WQXR, we're spotlighting today's rising opera singers, exploring their work through recordings and conversations. And we look back at the operatic greats from the past.

Bizet came from a very musical family – his father was a composer and his mother was a pianist – and his own musical talents were obvious from an early age. In fact, he was such a talented child that ...

Royal Opera House; St Martin-in-the-Fields; Barbican, London Aigul Akhmetshina steals the show in Damiano Michieletto’s uneven new 70s-set Bizet. And in a good week for world premieres, four composers ...