Georges Bizet's Carmen, soon to be staged by Seattle Opera, boasts gorgeous music and a suspenseful, tragic story, but it also follows the common Western-canon pattern of casting a woman of color (in Carmen's case, Roma) as an exotic vixen. This panel, organized by the opera, will discuss some important questions: "Is [Carmen] a dangerous seductress, a feminist martyr, or a complex Roma woman making her way in the world as an outsider? Or perhaps Carmen is merely a stereotype that reflects the fragilities and insecurities of the society that created her." In either case, how do women artists of color respond? Hear from excellent director and actor Sara Porkalob, Dr. Naomi André University of Michigan, who wrote Black Opera: History, Power, Engagement, and UW's Dr. Michelle Habell-Pallán, author of Loca Motion: The Travels of Chicana and Latina Popular Culture.