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 ...

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, ...

The brilliant Venezuelan pianist Gabriela Montero has made a name for herself as a brilliant improviser – and if you want to know why, watch this epic NINE MINUTE improvisation on the habanera from ...

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 ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Mezzo-soprano Ruth Strutt joins Tamara-Anna Cislowska perform "L'amour est un oiseau rebelle" ["Love is ...

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 ...

Anita Rachvelishvili sings Carmen’s “Habanera” from Act I of Bizet’s Carmen, in a Richard Eyre production conducted by Pablo Heras-Casado at the Metropolitan Opera. “Love is a rebellious bird that ...

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.