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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 .
This is a discography of audio and video recordings of Carmen, a French-language opera by Georges Bizet. The opera premiered at the Opéra-Comique in Paris on 3 March 1875. Carmen is one of the most frequently recorded operas, dating back to a near-complete German acoustical recording in 1908.
Carmen: Duets & Arias is an album released in 2010 by Italian tenor, Andrea Bocelli. [2] The album is a collection of arias of Georges Bizet's opera Carmen, including duets with Welsh bass-baritone, Bryn Terfel, Russian mezzo-soprano Marina Domashenko, and Italian soprano Eva Mei, from the French opéra comique.
Scènes bohémiennes, an orchestral suite made by Bizet in 1874 from his opera La jolie fille de Perth; Suite No. 1 from the above-listed incidental music for Daudet’s L’Arlésienne, compiled in 1872 by Bizet himself; Suite No. 2 from L’Arlésienne, compiled by Guiraud in 1879 after Bizet’s death
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.
Operas with entries in The Metropolitan Opera Guide to Recorded Opera ed. Paul Gruber (Thames and Hudson, 1993). ISBN 0-393-03444-5 and/or Metropolitan Opera Stories of the Great Operas ed. John W Freeman (Norton, 1984). ISBN 0-393-01888-1; List of operas and their composers in Who's Who in British Opera ed. Nicky Adam (Scolar Press, 1993).
Whizzin' Away Along de Track (Quintet (Nous avons en tête une affaire) in Bizet's opera) – Rum, Dink, Myrt, Frankie, and Carmen; Dis Flower (Flower Song in Bizet's opera) – Joe; If You Would Only Come Away – Carmen and Joe; Act 2. De Cards Don't Lie (Card Song in Bizet's opera) – Frankie, Myrt, Carmen, and female chorus; Dat Ol' Boy ...
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.