Fiery and wicked, Georges Bizetยs Carmen was condemned as immoral when it first opened in Paris in 1875. Today, the opera about a gorgeous Spanish hedonist (read: gypsy) and the men who love her is one of the genreยs most performed ย what a difference a century or two makes. Opera in the Heights is taking advantage of our new millenniumยs adoration of naughty girls by opening their ยWomen in Loveย season with the popular opera. Carmen is a woman of mighty and multiple talents, singing beautiful arias, dancing seductively and living life in the fabulous moment ย who cares what it all leads to in Act III, right?
8 p.m. Lambert Hall Performing Arts Center, 1703 Heights Boulevard.
Thursdays-Saturdays, 8 p.m. Starts: Sept. 20. Continues through Oct. 6, 2007
This article appears in Sep 20-26, 2007.