'Viva Carmen' Review: A Ravishing Animated Riff on Bizet's Opera

As with most operas, the story was never the primary selling point of “Carmen,” so to adapt it with the music heavily ...

‘Viva Carmen’ Review: Sébastien Laudenbach Spins Bizet’s Tragic Opera Into a Beautifully Animated Story of Fate, Failure, and the Hope They Leave Behind

And then are the films of French animator Sébastien Laudenbach, whose expressionistic linework is so colorful and free that ...
WRAL

Bizet’s Home Rehearses for Its Next Act

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 ...
The Financial Times

Bizet’s Mélodies captured on record for the first time — album review

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The 150th anniversary of Bizet’s death this year has not received much attention. Only aged 36, Bizet had ...