Opera North’s daring and debauched new production of Carmen opens in Downtown Seville, in the US state of Ohio with the risible, cartoon-like ensemble blasting on to the stage during the Overture.

While opera remains the most acquired of the classical music tastes, opera overtures are pretty easy to digest. Some opera overtures are known to many who don’t consider themselves to be classical ...

Call it the compact version of Carmen, where all pageantry has been stripped away to expose the bare essentials. Peter Brook believed that was the most important part of French composer Georges ...