The Source Magazine: Today in Hip Hop History: ‘Carmen: A Hip Hopera’ Premiered on MTV 24 Years Ago
On this day in 2001, MTV premiered Carmen: A Hip Hopera, a genre-bending, culture-shifting reinterpretation of Georges Bizet’s classic opera Carmen—with a Hip Hop twist that made waves through both ...
Today in Hip Hop History: ‘Carmen: A Hip Hopera’ Premiered on MTV 24 Years Ago
Yahoo: Robert Townsend Recalls Beyoncé’s Audition for ‘Carmen: A Hip Hopera,’ Says She Was ‘Really Nervous'
Robert Townsend Recalls Beyoncé’s Audition for ‘Carmen: A Hip Hopera,’ Says She Was ‘Really Nervous'
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Robert Townsend wanted to blindly hire Beyoncé to star as Carmen Brown in the MTV film, Carmen: A Hip Hopera, and watched Queen ...
Beyoncé Knowles Carter was visibly shaking during her first acting audition at age 19 according to director Robert Townsend who cast her in MTV’s 2001 film Carmen: A Hip Hopera. The filmmaker recently ...
Beyoncé was allegedly 'shaking' with nerves when she auditioned for 'Carmen: A Hip Hopera' in 2001, according to the director. Here's what he shared. Carmen: A Hip Hopera, directed by Robert Townsend, ...
To all who suffered through the 88 minutes of torture that was Beyoncé’s 2001 flop, Carmen: A Hip Hopera, and to all who endured — chapter by merciless chapter — all twelve segments of R. Kelly’s ...
Beyoncé's starred in several major productions but the first film was an MTV made for TV movie, Carmen: A Hip Hopera. The cast was all-Black and received fair reviews from critics. But MTV executives ...