Carmen
''Carmen'' () 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 was first performed by the Opéra-Comique in Paris on 3 March 1875, where its breaking of conventions shocked and scandalised its first audiences. Bizet died suddenly after the 33rd performance, unaware that the work would achieve international acclaim within the following ten years. ''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 separated by dialogue. It is set in southern Spain and tells the story of the downfall of Don José, a naïve soldier who is seduced by the wiles of the fiery gypsy Carmen. José abandons his childhood sweetheart and deserts from his military duties, yet loses Carmen's love to the glamorous torero Escamillo, after which José kills her in a jealous rage. The depictions of proletarian life, immorality, and lawlessness, and the tragic death of the main character on stage, broke new ground in French opera and were highly controversial.
After the premiere, most reviews were critical, and the French public was generally indifferent. ''Carmen'' initially gained its reputation through a series of productions outside France, and was not revived in Paris until 1883. Thereafter, it rapidly acquired popularity at home and abroad. Later commentators have asserted that ''Carmen'' forms the bridge between the tradition of ''opéra comique'' and the realism or ''verismo'' that characterised late 19th-century Italian opera.
The music of ''Carmen'' has since been widely acclaimed for brilliance of melody, harmony, atmosphere, and orchestration, and for the skill with which the emotions and suffering of the characters are represented. At his death Bizet was still in the midst of revising his score and because of other later changes (notably the introduction of recitatives composed by Ernest Guiraud in place of the original dialogue) there is still no definitive edition of the opera. The opera has been recorded many times since the first acoustical recording in 1908, and the story has been the subject of many screen and stage adaptations. Provided by Wikipedia
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2982by Maroso, Francesco, Hermida Prieto, Miguel, Millán Pérez, Adrián, Blanco Hortas, Andrés, Saura, María, Fernández, A., Rovere, G. dalla, Bargelloni, Luca, Cabaleiro, Santiago, Villanueva, Beatriz, Bouza Fernández, María Carmen, Martínez Portela, PaulinoGet access
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2983by Yngve, Agneta, Bourdeaudhuij, Ilse De, Wolf, Alexandra, Grjibovski, Andrej, Brug, Johannes, Due, Pernille, Ehrenblad, Bettina, Elmadfa, Ibrahim, Franchini, Bela, Klepp, Knut Inge, Poortvliet, Eric, Rasmussen, Mette, Thorsdottir, Inga, Rodrigo, Carmen PeresGet access
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2984by Wolf, Alexandra, Yngve, Agneta, Elmadfa, Ibrahim, Poortvliet, Eric, Ehrenblad, Bettina, Pérez-Rodrigo, Carmen, Thórsdóttir, Inga, Haraldsdóttir, Jóhanna, Brug, Johannes, Maes, Lea, Vaz de Almeida, Maria Daniel, Krølner, Rikke, Klepp, Knut-IngeGet access
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2986by Cuenca-García, Carmen, Risbøl, Ole, Bates, C. Richard, Stamnes, Arne Anderson, Skoglund, Fredrik, Ødegård, Øyvind, Viberg, Andreas, Koivisto, Satu, Fuglsang, Mikkel, Gabler, Manuel, Schlosser Mauritsen, Esben, Perttola, Wesa, Solem, Dag-ØyvindGet access
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2987by Peñaranda, D.S., MORINI, MARINA, Tveiten, Helge, Vilchez Olivencia, Maria Carmen, Gallego Albiach, Victor, Dirks, Ron, van den Thillart, Guido E.E.J.M., Pérez Igualada, Luz María, Asturiano Nemesio, Juan FranciscoGet access
Published in Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology (2016)
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2988by Peñaranda, D.S., MORINI, MARINA, Tveiten, Helge, Vilchez Olivencia, Maria Carmen, Gallego Albiach, Victor, Dirks, Ron, van den Thillart, Guido E.E.J.M., Pérez Igualada, Luz María, Asturiano Nemesio, Juan FranciscoGet access
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2989by Casquet, César, Dahlquist, Juan Andrés, Verdecchia, Sebastián Osvaldo, Baldo, Edgardo Gaspar Agustín, Galindo, Carmen, Rapela, Carlos Washington, Pankhurst, Robert J., Morales Camera, Matías Martín, Murra, Juan Alberto Félix, Fanning, Christopher MarkGet access
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2990by Cuenca-Garcia, Carmen, Risbol, Ole, Bates, C. Richard, Stamnes, Arne Anderson, Skoglund, Fredrik, Odegard, Oyvind, Viberg, Andreas, Koivisto, Satu, Fuglsang, Mikkel, Gabler, Manuel, Mauritsen, Esben Schlosser, Perttola, Wesa, Solem, Dag-OyvindGet access
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2991by Barbaro, Elena, Koziol, Krystyna, Björkman, Mats P., Vega, Carmen, Zdanowicz, Christian, Martma, Tonu, Gallet, Jean-Charles, Kepski, Daniel, Larose, Catherine, Luks, Bartlomiej, Tolle, Florian, Schuler, Thomas V., Uszczyk, Aleksander, Spolaor, AndreaGet access
Published in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (2021)
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2993by Martínez, P. (Paulino), Hermida, M. (Miguel), Pardo, B. (Belén), Fernández, C. (Carlos), Castro, J. (Jaime), Cal, R. (Rosa), Álvarez-Dios, J.A. (José Antonio), Gómez-Tato, A. (Antonio), Bouza, C. (Carmen)Get access
Published in Aquaculture (2023)
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2994by Bernal, Miguel, Stratoudakis, Yorgos, Coombs, Stephen, Angélico, María Manuel, Lago-de-Lanzós-y-Tomás, Ana, Porteiro-Lago, Carmen, Sagarminaga, Yolanda, Santos, M., Uriarte, Andrés, Cunha, Emília, Valdés-Santurio, Luis, Borchers, DavidGet access
Published in Progress in Oceanography (2007)
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2995by Mompeán-de-la-Rosa, M.C. (María del Carmen), Bode, A. (Antonio), Benítez-Barrios, V.M. (Verónica María), Domínguez-Yanes, J.F. (José Francisco), Escánez, J. (José), Fraile-Nuez, E. (Eugenio)Get access
Published in Journal of Plankton Research (2014)
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2996by Rodríguez, José María, Cabrero, Águeda, Gago, Jesús, Guevara-Fletcher, Carlos, Herreros, M., Hernández-de-Rojas, Alma, García-García, Alberto, Laiz-Carrión, Raúl, Alvarez, P., Piñeiro-Álvarez, Carmen Gloria, Saborido-Rey, FranciscoGet access
Published in Fisheries Oceanography (2015)
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2997by Caputo, Simona, Papale, Maria, Rizzo, Carmen, Giannarelli, Stefania, Conte, Antonella, Moscheo, Federica, Graziano, Marco, Aspholm, Paul Eric, Onor, Massimo, De Domenico, Emilio, Miserocchi, Stefano, Michaud, Luigi, Azzaro, Maurizio, Lo Giudice, AngelinaContributors: “...Rizzo, Carmen...”
Published in Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology (2019)
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2998by Olenin S., Alemany F., A. Cardoso C., Gollasch S., Goulletquer P., Lehtiniemi M., McCollin T., Minchin D., Miossec L., Ojaveer H., Jensen K. R., Stankiewicz M., Wallentinus I., Aleksandrov B., OCCHIPINTI, ANNA CARMENContributors: “...Occhipinti, ANNA CARMEN...”
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2999by Yngve, Agneta, De Bourdeaudhuij, Ilse, Wolf, Alexandra, Grjibovski, Andrej, Brug, Johannes, Due, Pernille, Ehrenblad, Bettina, Elmadfa, Ibrahim, Franchini, Bela, Klepp, knut-Inge, Poortvliet, Eric, Rasmussen, Mette, Thorsdottir, Inga, Perez Rodrigo, CarmenGet access
Published 2007
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3000by Laiz-Carrión, Raúl, Cabrero, Águeda, Quintanilla-Hervás, José María, Hernández-de-Rojas, Alma, Uriarte-Ramalho, Amaya, Gago, Jesús, Rodríguez, José María, Piñeiro-Álvarez, Carmen Gloria, García-García, Alberto, Saborido-Rey, FranciscoGet access
Published in Fisheries Oceanography (2022)
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