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Habanera ("music or dance of Havana") is the popular name for "L'amour est un oiseau rebelle" (French pronunciation: [lamuʁ ɛt‿œ̃n‿wazo ʁəbɛl]; "Love is a rebellious bird"), an aria from Georges Bizet's 1875 opéra comique Carmen. It is the entrance aria of the title character, a mezzo-soprano role, in scene 5 of the first act.
Carmen has since become one of the most popular and frequently performed operas in the classical canon; the "Habanera" and "Seguidilla" from act 1 and the "Toreador Song" from act 2 are among the best known of all operatic arias. The opera is written in the genre of opéra comique with musical numbers
Habanera, composition for flute or violin & piano by Maurice Ravel; Habanera, composition for cello and piano by Ernesto Halffter; Habanera, guitar composition by Eduardo Sainz de la Maza; Habanera, guitar composition by Xavier Montsalvatge "Habanera" (aria), popular name of an aria "L'amour est un oiseau rebelle" from Bizet's opera Carmen
Because of the popularity of the Cuban contradanza (habanera), the tresillo variant known as the habanera rhythm was adopted into European art music. For example, Georges Bizet's opera Carmen (1874) has a famous aria, "L'amour est un oiseau rebelle" based on a habanera pattern. The first seven measures are shown below.
Contradanza (also called contradanza criolla, danza, danza criolla, or habanera) is the Spanish and Spanish-American version of the contradanse, which was an internationally popular style of music and dance in the 18th century, derived from the English country dance and adopted at the court of France.
The song is an adaptation of the aria L'amour est un oiseau rebelle (Love is a rebellious bird – more commonly known in English as Habanera), from the opera Carmen by French composer Georges Bizet. [4] [5] [6] The song addresses the theme of alienation through social networks.
The Toreador Song, also known as the Toreador March, is the popular name for the aria " Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre" ("I return your toast to you"), from the French opera Carmen, composed by Georges Bizet to a libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy.
habanera, a style of Cuban popular dance music of the 19th century. "Habanera", an aria from Georges Bizet's 1875 opéra comique Carmen. Havanese, the national dog of Cuba. See also Habanero (disambiguation) Habanera (disambiguation) Habano (disambiguation)