Carmen [libretto]
by Henri Meilhac (Librettist), Ludovic Halévy (Librettist)
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A comprehensive guide to Bizet's CARMEN, featuring insightful and in depth Commentary and Analysis, a complete, newly translated Libretto with French/English side-by side, and over 30 music highlight examples.Tags
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This is my favorite video of Carmen with Agnes Baltsa.
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- Canonical title
- Carmen [libretto]
- Original title
- Carmen
- Original publication date
- 1875
- People/Characters
- Carmen; Micaela; Don José; Escamillo; Frasquita; Mercedes (show all 12); Lillas Pastia; Morales; Zuniga; Dancaire; Remendado; Andres
- Important places
- Seville, Andalusia, Spain
- First words
- Sur la place, chacun passe, chacun vient, chacun va; droles de gens que ces gens-la!
- Quotations*
- L'amour est un oiseau rebelle que nul ne peut apprivoiser, et c'est bien en vain qu'on l'appelle, s'il lui convient de refuser! (Habanera)
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Ah! Carmen! ma Carmen adoree!
- Original language
- French
- Canonical DDC/MDS
- 782.10268
- Disambiguation notice
- This is the libretto only. Please do not combine with the score or with audio or video recordings.
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- Music
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- 782.10268 — Arts & recreation Music Vocal Music, Singing Operas and related dramatic vocal forms; concert versions modified standard subdivisions Miscellany; texts; treatises on opera scores and recordings Texts, treatises on opera scores and recordings Librettos, lyrics
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- ML50 .B625 .C22 — Music Literature on music Literature on music Librettos. Texts. Scenarios
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