New Jersey Lyric Opera’s third Summer Opera Festival will feature ‘Carmen’ and ‘La bohème’
By: COURTNEY SMITH | Published: 2025-08-04 12:35:00 | Source: www.njarts.net
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Brittany Morgan will play the title role in New Jersey Lyric Opera’s production of “Carmen.”
Theatrical grandeur and emotive music will take center stage at the Summer Opera Festival at the Kelsey Theatre at Mercer County Community College in West Windsor, Aug. 7-10. New Jersey Lyric Opera will pull from its repertoire of enduring classics with two popular touchstones of 19th century opera, Georges Bizet’s “Carmen” and Giacomo Puccini’s “La bohème.”
The opera repertory company, led by founder John Calkins, produces fully staged, traditional productions that target the broad appetites of opera-goers.
“Opera is kind of a niche art form, so we’re trying to branch out with programming by choosing operas that connect the dots to other popular art…
