Carmen has been around the world and back countless times – and still dazzles.
First performed by the Opéra-Comique in Paris in 1875, Georges Bizet’s exploration of love, jealousy and gender is a timeless masterpiece that has moved audiences around the globe ever since. Carmen is an opera from France, set in Seville, with a Romany protagonist that is performed everywhere in the world, often in translation.
