Fact file
| Year of birth | 1838 |
| Year of death | 1875 |
| Nationality | France |
| Period | Romantic |
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BernCarmen
Bizet: Carmen
Mario Venzago; Stephan Märki; Stadttheater Bern; Philipp Fürhofer; Claude Eichenberger; Jordan Shanahan
GranadaHomenaje a Antoni Ros-Marbà - Clasicismo vienés y romanticismo parisino
Haydn, Bizet
Orquesta Ciudad de Granada; Antoni Ros-Marbà; Pablo Martos; Alberto Martos
VallettaThe romantic violin
Bizet, Mendelssohn, Shor
Armenian State Symphony Orchestra; Sergey Smbatyan; Salvatore Accardo
LondonRussian Opera Gala
Rachmaninov, Bizet, Handel, Verdi, Arensky, Mozart, Glière, Puccini, Donizetti, Traditional Russian, Di Lazzaro, Denza, Rimsky-Korsakov
Unknown; Graham Owen Jones; Vasily Gerello; Larissa Gergieva; Irina Chernova; Larisa Rudakova
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François Leleux makes SCO debut as conductor
François Leleux both conducts and plays the oboe in Edinburgh, initiating a strong partnership with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra.
Pagés' Yo Carmen comes to London
Made in 2014, Yo Carmen was featured in last year’s Edinburgh Festival. It is a show with a powerful message and one which is occasionally riveting, mostly when Pagés herself is the focus of attention.
Kosky's Carmen fails to light fires
Interesting ideas and a brilliant orchestral performance aren't enough to overcome a visually dull staging, predictable choreography and a lack of chemistry between the protagonists.
Carmen the butcher at Deutsche Oper Berlin
Stage director Ole Anders Tandberg casts Carmen as the leader of a gang of human organ dealers.
Devastation and exuberance: Brussels Phil
An enterprising programme combined a striking WWI commemoration from Mark-Anthony Turnage with sumptuous ballet suites from Prokofiev and Ravel, with Nikolaj Znaider rhapsodic in Bruch.
List of works
CarmenCarmen FantasieCarmen Suite no. 1Carmen: "The Flower Song" La fleur que tu m'avais jetéeCarmen: Les tringles des sistres tintaientCarmen: Suite no. 2Carmen: Toreador MarchCarmen: Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre "Toreador Song"Carmen: excerptsCarmen: overtureChants du RhinL'ArlésienneL'Arlésienne - Suite no. 1L'Arlésienne - Suite no. 2La Tragédie de CarmenLes Pêcheurs de perles (The Pearl Fishers)Les Pêcheurs de perles: Au fond du temple saintSymphony in C "Roma"Symphony in C (Le Palais de Cristal)Symphony in C majorVingt mélodies, Op.21 no.4: Adieux de l'hôtesse arabeVingt mélodies, Op.21 no.9: Pastorale