T+L Reports: Spanish Gypsy

For the first time, Seville itself will be the stage for Bizet's Carmen, during the city's 10-day international music festival. Audiences follow the opera through the town, ending at the Plaza de Toros de la Maestranza for the tragic climax. Filmmaker Carlos Saura directs, and Loren Maazel conducts a rotating cast of three stellar Carmens: Denyce Graves, Angela Gheorghiu, and Olga Borodina. September 2-12; www.carmeninseville.com.