http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/related-1313-georges-bizet/topic-rss.do Georges Bizet RSS feed http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23752417-arms-and-legs-akimbo-in-carmen.do Francesca Zambello’s production throws everything at Carmen: donkeys, horses, abseiling smugglers, a giant Madonna and an orange tree. 2009-10-04T23:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/review-23731942-mariinsky-display-classic-perfection-with-sex.do The Mariinsky looked so sexy and so good in their Balanchine triple bill that you half wished they'd dance only the Russian-born choreographer’s work. 2009-08-12T23:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23670259-macbeth-oliver-and-now-puccini-theatre-director-goold-signs-up-to-eno.do Award-winning director Rupert Goold, 36, is to direct Turandot in the English National Opera's next season 2009-04-02T08:18:09Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/review-23664908-carmen-suffers-more-from-gyp-than-gypsy.do Life imitating art and actors imitating their characters is not new but Gades has created a startlingly innovative double plot for Carmen. 2009-03-20T00:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/events/article-23638088-best-places-for-valentines-day-in-london.do From inspirational views to candlelit concerts, here are some of the best places to celebrate Valentine's Day in London. 2009-02-10T09:43:13Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23511286-carmen-with-a-difference.do Bizet's Carmen is usually presented as a big-stage spectacular but not in David McVicar's Glyndebourne production. 2008-07-06T23:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23464946-a-gipsy-spectacular.do The best is saved till last in Francesca Zambello's staging of Bizet's Carmen, says Fiona Maddocks. 2008-03-26T00:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23437706-motown-touch-for-mozart.do Mark Dornford-May's take on The Magic Flute becomes a kind of multi-lingual South African township pantomime. 2008-02-14T00:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/article-23419969-zandra-goes-to-the-opera.do Flamboyant designer Zandra Rhodes has created the costumes and set for Verdi's Aida. But can she make it the Christmas hit the English National Opera so desperately needs? 2007-11-07T15:46:55Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23414517-no-smoke-no-smut.do This almost unbelievably wide of the mark production of Carmen has no smoke, no energy and no intensity. 2007-09-30T23:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/article-23409400-it-was-shockingly-gloriously-awful.do As Michael Ball prepares for his first Prom, he reveals the full story of his role in English National Opera's biggest critical flop in years. 2007-08-22T12:04:41Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/article-23406839-the-carmen-touch.do Tsakane Valentine Maswanganyi was raised in a 'matchbox' house in Soweto. Now she is one of the hottest talents in London, starring as new Carmen Jones. 2007-08-03T10:05:10Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/article-23406746-critics-choice-top-five-musicals.do Nicholas de Jongh takes us through the top five musicals that are currently playing across the capital. 2007-08-02T12:20:17Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/article-23404865-showtime-at-the-southbank.do Artistic director Jude Kelly's first production, Carmen Jones, is about to be unveiled at the Festival Hall. It's what this place is made for, she says. 2007-07-18T13:46:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/article-23404632-time-to-meet-ms-jones.do A new all-black production of Carmen Jones is about to hit the London stage but it's still all about the music, as Warwick Thompson discovers. 2007-07-17T09:22:27Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/article-23404394-rival-brothers-who-sing-to-win-carmen.do Two brothers are taking the lead in a dazzling new production of Carmen Jones at the Royal Festival Hall. 2007-07-16T09:58:28Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/review-23403979-lust-and-loathing-in-small-town-usa.do Even fans of Matthew Bourne will wince at The Car Man whose character clichés and emotional histrionics leave the audience numb, says Sarah Frater. 2007-07-11T23:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/events/article-23401342-the-summers-hottest-tickets.do From blockbuster films and open-air theatre to the Last Night of the Proms and Prince, it promises to be a memorable summer of entertainment in London. Our critics have picked their favourites. 2007-06-20T11:33:41Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/article-23389686-bremner-blair-and-brecht.do Britain's favourite satirist says he's given up on the Prime Minister, taken up translating for the stage and is not sorry that he made a fool of Margaret Beckett. 2007-03-20T13:21:02Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/film/review-23384830-preminger-musical-stands-the-test-of-time.do 2007-02-08T00:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/review-23382670-critics-choice-opera.do With its pouting, hip-swinging femme fatale and thumping good tunes, Bizet's Carmen is for many the epitome of opera. 2007-01-22T00:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/review-23377816-no-smoke-but-plenty-of-fire.do Covent Garden's new Carmen is physical and sexy and has it all: bondage, cleavage, animals, acrobats and a tenor to die for, says Fiona Maddocks. 2006-12-11T00:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23373472-teens-spirited-rhythmic-adventure.do The Wigmore Hall has no time for such frivolous concepts as "child prodigy"; either players are good enough to perform there, or they are not. At the age of 14, Benjamin Grosvenor clearly is. 2006-11-07T00:00:00Z