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OPERA NEWS Carmen PORTLAND, ME PORTopera 7/27/16 MAINE'S PORTOPERA CELEBRATED its twenty-second season with a vibrant production of Carmen, the opera that was also chosen for their first season in 1995. Far from shrinking from Read more

Posted: July 27, 2016 Written by: Bob Keyes Maya Lahyani grew up in Israel with a sense of survival ingrained in her psyche. Every Israeli child comes of age with the idea of fighting for Read more

July 24, 2016 Tim Gillis Maya Lahyani, a mezzo-soprano who sings the role of Carmen, and Dona D. Vaughn, artistic director at PORTopera for 22 years, previewed the famous Bizet work that combines Spanish flair Read more

BY ALLAN KOZINN July 28, 2016 It seems odd to have an opera company (or even, as it is sometimes called, a festival) with a name, a logo, an artistic staff and a board of Read more

PORTopera “Carmen” Merrill Auditorium July 27 by Christopher Hyde Bizet’s “Carmen” can be summed up by a well-known pornographic postcard from the composer’s Paris, in which a beautiful young woman accepts a bouquet from a Read more

FORECASTER by: Scott Andrews July 18, 2016 ‘Carmen’ She’s ba-a-a-a-ck. That’s the word from PORTopera, which will be be returning for its 22nd season next week with two performances of George Bizet’s “Carmen.” Who is Read more

JULY 15, 2016 “Carmen” Merrill Auditorium July 27 and 29 by Christopher Hyde PORTopera’s 2016 production of George Bizet’s “Carmen” promises to be a landmark in the company’s long history in Maine. It was first Read more