Aigul Akhmetshina, performing now at the Met, shares her thoughts on what it takes to bring the famous Habanera to life.

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 ...

Shoppers in Bradford have been surprised by a flashmob of operatic proportions. In this spontaneous public performance, caught on film last Friday, Broadway Shopping Centre erupts with song, as dozens ...

Elīna Garanča Sings the Habanera with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. Mezzo-soprano Elīna Garanča sings the habanera from Georges Bizet's "Carmen" with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra.

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 ...

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 ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. "It gives us an opportunity to try different articulations and imagine we're speaking each note as a ...

Mezzo-soprano Elīna Garanča sings the habanera from Georges Bizet’s “Carmen” with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. Wagner and Verdi are featured in this year's celebration with the Vienna ...