Opera Cheat Sheet | Houston Public Media

Carmen poster by David Lund, Seattle Opera, 1982. Creative Commons. In this week’s Opera Cheat Sheet, Houston Public Media’s St.John Flynn and Eric Skelly of the River Oaks Chamber Orchestra discuss Georges Bizet’s tour de force, Carmen, the story of the naïve and unstable young soldier, Don José, who is seduced but then discarded by the wild gypsy girl Carmen.You can hear the Metropolitan Opera's production of Carmen, featuring Latvian mezzo-soprano El€Çna Garan€a in the... Read More