CARMEN

Perhaps the most famous opera in history, Georges Bizet's Carmen premiered in 1875 in Paris. The four-act opera, adapted from the novella by Prosper Mérimée, remains "one of the most exciting and popular works in the repertoire." Arizona Opera Company presents Carmen, a tragic tale of a beautiful dancer and her soldier-suitors (and revolutionaries), adapted as a graphic novel by tenor, director, and writer Alek Shrader and illustrated by legendary artist P. Craig Russell and the acclaimed artist Aneke (Bylines in Blood). Powerfully drawn in an oversized format, with excellent artwork. This epic hardcover graphic novel features a striking cover illustrated and colored by Aneke.