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Carmen (French: ⓘ) is an opera in four acts by the French composer Georges Bizet. The libretto was written by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy , based on the novella of the same title by Prosper Mérimée .
The opera is based on Part III of the story and omits many elements, such as Carmen's husband. It greatly increases the role of other characters, such as the Dancaïre, [d] who is only a minor character in the story; the Remendado, [e] who one page after he is introduced is wounded by soldiers and then shot by Carmen's husband to keep him from slowing the gang down; and Lucas (renamed ...
The Toreador Song, also known as the Toreador March or March of the Toreadors, 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.
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Starring Melissa Barrera and Paul Mescal, the dance-driven riff on Georges Bizet's opera is light story but strongly evocative, with otherworldly intensity and original music by Nicholas Britell.
The Carmen Suites are two suites of orchestral music drawn from the music of Georges Bizet's 1875 opera Carmen and compiled posthumously by his friend Ernest Guiraud. They adhere very closely to Bizet's orchestration. However the order of the musical allusions are in reversed chronological order, and do not adhere to the operatic versions ...
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The main theme of the piece originates from the energetic Gypsy Dance from act 2 of Bizet's opera Carmen (Les tringles des sistres tintaient), a theme that has been used by many for various other variations and transcriptions, including Moritz Moszkowski's "Chanson bohème de l'opéra Carmen". [1] Horowitz wished the piece not to be published.