A practicing psychologist in Florida and New Jersey, author Beth Grosshans works with children and teaches parenting skills. In addition, Beth Grosshans serves as a managing director of the Metropolitan Opera in New York, which will produce in its 2023-24 season one of the world’s great operas, Carmen by Georges Bizet.
Packed with familiar melodies such as the Toreador Song, Carmen weaves a tangled tale of love and jealousy. Set in Seville, Spain, the story revolves around the title character, a passionate woman in a cigarette factory who arouses the interest of three men. Competing for Carmen’s affections are the soldier Don Jose, his commanding officer Zuniga, and the famous bullfighter Escamillo. This unstable situation has tragic consequences as the opera climaxes at the bullring. Although it opened to a dismal reception in 1875, audiences came to appreciate its excitement and memorable arias after Bizet’s untimely death at age 36. Although now considered stereotypical, Carmen’s fiery temperament has been portrayed by some of opera’s greatest sopranos, including Leontyne Price, Maria Callas, and Jesse Norman. The production at the Met updates the opera to the modern American west, with the bullfighting action replaced by a rodeo.
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