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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3301by Maia, Geórgia Craveiro Holanda Malveira, Silva Campos, Mozer da, Barros-Monteiro, Janice, Castillo, Juan Eduardo Lucas, Faleiros, Murilo Soares, Sales, Rejane Souza de Aquino, Galeno, Denise Morais Lopes, Lira, Edson da Fonseca de, Souza, Francisca das Chagas do Amaral, Ortíz, Carmen Gallego, Morales, Luisa, Carvalho, Rosany PiccolottoGet access
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3302by Barbera, Carmen, Bordehore, Cesar, Borg, Joseph A., Glemarec, M., Grall, J., Hall-Spencer, Jason M., Huz, Ch. De la, Lanfranco, Edwin, Lastra, Mariano, Moore, P. G., Mora, J., Pita, M. E., Ramos Esplá, Alfonso A., Sanchez-Mata, Adoracion, Seva, A., Schembri, Patrick J., Valle, Carlos, Rizzo, MiraineGet access
Published in Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems (2003)
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3303by Olson, Mark E., Soriano, Diana, Rosell, Julieta A., Anfodillo, Tommaso, Donoghue, Michael J., Edwards, Erika J., León-Gómez, Calixto, Dawson, Todd, Camarero Martínez, J. Julio, Castorena, Matiss, Echeverría, Alberto, Espinosa, Carlos I., Fajardo, Alex, Gazol, Antonio, Isnard, Sandrine, Lima, Rivete S., Marcati, Carmen R., Méndez-Alonzo, RodrigoGet access
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3304by Lia Monsalve Arteaga, Juan Luis Muñoz Bellido, Ana Isabel Negredo, Jorge García Criado, Maria Carmen Vieira Lista, Jesús Ángel Sánchez Serrano, María Belén Vicente Santiago, Amparo López Bernús, Fernando de Ory Manchón, María Paz Sánchez Seco, Nuria Leralta, Montserrat Alonso Sardón, Antonio Muro, Moncef Belhassen-GarcíaGet access
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3305by Willebrand, J., Barnard, S., Barnier, B., Beckmann, A., Böning, Carmen, Coulibaly, M., Cuevas, D. de, Dengg, J., Dieterich, C., Ernst, U., Herrmann, P., Jia, Y., Killworth, P. D., Kröger, J., Lee, M.-M., Provost, C. Le, Molines, J.-M., New, A. L., Oschlies, A., Reynaud, T., West, L. J.Get access
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3306by Olson, Mark E, Soriano, Diana, Rosell, Julieta A, Anfodillo, Tommaso, Donoghue, Michael J, Edwards, Erika J, León-Gómez, Calixto, Dawson, Todd, Camarero Martínez, J Julio, Castorena, Matiss, Echeverría, Alberto, Espinosa, Carlos I, Fajardo, Alex, Gazol, Antonio, Isnard, Sandrine, Lima, Rivete S, Marcati, Carmen R, Méndez-Alonzo, RodrigoGet access
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3307by ENETWILD-consortium, Illanas, Sonia, Croft, Simon, Acevedo, Pelayo, Fernández-López, Javier, Vicente, Joaquín, Blanco-Aguiar, José Antonio, Pascual Rico, Roberto, Scandura, Massimo, Apollonio, Marco, Ferroglio, Ezio, Keuling, Oliver, Zanet, Stefania, Podgórski, Tomasz, Plis, Kamila, Brivio, Francesca, Ruiz-Rodríguez, Carmen, Soriguer, Ramón C., Vada, Rachele, Smith, Graham C.Get access
Published in EFSA Supporting Publications (2022)
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3308by Almansa Rodríguez, Antonio Fernando, Cuevas Agulló, Emilio, Barreto Velasco, África, Torres, Benjamín, García Rodríguez, Omaira Elena, García Cabrera, Rosa Delia, Velasco Merino, Cristian, Cachorro, Victoria E., Berjón, Alberto, Mallorquín Díaz, Manuel, López, César, Ramos López, Ramón, Guirado-Fuentes, Carmen, Negrillo, Ramón, Frutos Baraja, Ángel Máximo deGet access
Published in Remote Sensing (2020)
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3309by Senger, Kim, Shephard, Grace, Ammerlaan, Fenna, Anfinson, Owen, Audet, Pascal, Coakley, Bernard, Ershova, Victoria, Faleide, Jan Inge, Grundvåg, Sten-Andreas, Horota, Rafael Kenji, Iyer, Karthik, Janocha, Julian, Jones, Morgan, Minakov, Alexander, Odlum, Margaret, Sartell, Anna M. R., Schaeffer, Andrew, Stockli, Daniel, Vander Kloet, Marie A., Gaina, CarmenGet access
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3310by Tapley, Byron D, Watkins, Michael M, Flechtner, Frank, Reigber, Christoph, Bettadpur, Srinivas, Rodell, Matthew, Sasgen, Ingo, Famiglietti, James S, Landerer, Felix W, Chambers, Don P, Reager, John T, Gardner, Alex S, Save, Himanshu, Ivins, Erik, Swenson, Sean C, Boening, Carmen, Dahle, Christoph, Wiese, David N, Dobslaw, Henryk, Tamisiea, Mark E, Velicogna, IsabellaGet access
Published in Nature Climate Change (2019)
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3311by Fabian B. Wadsworth, Edward W. Llewellin, Jamie I. Farquharson, Janina K. Gillies, Ariane Loisel, Léon Frey, Evgenia Ilyinskaya, Thor Thordarson, Samantha Tramontano, Einat Lev, Matthew J. Pankhurst, Alejandro Galdeano Rull, María Asensio-Ramos, Nemesio M. Pérez, Pedro A. Hernández, David Calvo, M. Carmen Solana, Ulrich Kueppers, Alejandro Polo SantabárbaraGet access
Published in Nature Communications (2022)
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3312by Wadsworth, Fabian B., Llewellin, Edward W., Farquharson, Jamie I., Gillies, Janina K., Loisel, Ariane, Frey, Léon, Ilyinskaya, Evgenia, Thordarson, Thor, Tramontano, Samantha, Lev, Einat, Pankhurst, Matthew J., Rull, Alejandro Galdeano, Asensio-Ramos, María, Pérez, Nemesio M., Hernández, Pedro A., Calvo, David, Solana, M. Carmen, Kueppers, Ulrich, Santabárbara, Alejandro PoloGet access
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3313by Wadsworth, Fabian B., Llewellin, Edward W., Farquharson, Jamie I., Gillies, Janina K., Loisel, Ariane, Frey, Léon, Ilyinskaya, Evgenia, Thordarson, Thor, Tramontano, Samantha, Lev, Einat, Pankhurst, Matthew J., Rull, Alejandro Galdeano, Asensio-Ramos, María, Pérez, Nemesio M., Hernández, Pedro A., Calvo, David, Solana, M. Carmen, Kueppers, Ulrich, Santabárbara, Alejandro PoloGet access
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3314by Somoza-Losada, Luis, Rueda, José Luis, González, Francisco J., Rincón-Tomás, Blanca, Medialdea-Cela, Teresa, Sánchez Guillamón, Olga, Hoppert, Michael, Vázquez, Juan T., Madureira, Pedro, Santofimia, Esther, López‑Pamo, Enrique, Palomino Cantero, Desirée, Ortíz, José Eugenio, Blanco, Lorena, Fernández Puga, María del Carmen, Fernández-Salas, Luis Miguel, Reitner, JoachimGet access
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3315by Landa, J. (Jorge), Korta, M., Iriondo, A., Fontenla-Giráldez, J. (Jorge), Gancedo, R.M. (Rosa María), Reparaz, M. (María), Rodríguez-Fernández, L. (Lorena), Loureiro-Caride, M.I. (María Isabel), Gómez-González, A. (Antonio), Castro-Loehmann, B. (Begoña), Antolínez, A. (Ana), Bruno, I. (Isabel), Abad, E. (Esther), Hernández, C. (Carmen)Get access
Published in Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science (2022)
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3316by Gilbert, Edmund, O’Reilly, Seamus, Merrigan, Michael, McGettigan, Darren, Vitart, Veronique, Joshi, Peter K., Clark, David W., Campbell, Harry, Hayward, Caroline, Ring, Susan M., Golding, Jean, Goodfellow, Stephanie, Navarro, Pau, Kerr, Shona M., Amador, Carmen, Campbell, Archie, Haley, Chris S., Porteous, David J., Cavalleri, Gianpiero L., Wilson, James F.Get access
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3317by do Prado, Fernanda Dotti, Vera, Manuel, Hermida, Miguel, Bouza, Carmen, Pardo, Belén G., Vilas, Román, Blanco, Andrés, Fernández, Carlos, Maroso, Francesco, Maes, Gregory E., Turan, Cemal, Volckaert, Filip A.M., Taggart, John B., Carr, Adrian, Ogden, Rob, Nielsen, Einar E., Consortium, The Aquatrace, Martínez, Paulino, Volckaert, Filip A. M.Get access
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3318by Colom Rivero, Ana, Fernández Rodríguez, Antonio Jesús, Navarro Sarmiento, Jose, Alonso Almorox, Paula, Grandía Guzmán, Raiden, Marrero Ponce, Lucía, Orós Montón, Jorge Ignacio, Melián, A., Cabrera, M., Suárez-Santana, Cristian M., Segura Göthlin, Simona Andrea, Felipe Jiménez, Idaira Del Carmen, Fiorito, Carla, Arbelo Hernández, Manuel Antonio, Sierra Pulpillo, EvaGet access
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3319by Gilbert, Edmund, O'Reilly, Seamus, Merrigan, Michael, McGettingan, Darren, Vitart, Veronique, Joshi, Peter K, Clark, David W., Campbell, Harry, Hayward, Caroline, Ring, Susan, Golding, Jean, Goodfellow, Stephanie, Navarro, Pau, Kerr, Shona M, Amador, Carmen, Campbell, Archie, Haley, Chris S, Porteous, David J, Cavalleri, Gianpiero L, Wilson, James FGet access
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3320by Wadsworth, Fabian B., Llewellin, Edward W., Farquharson, Jamie I., Gillies, Janina K., Loisel, Ariane, Frey, Léon, Ilyinskaya, Evgenia, Thordarson, Thor, Tramontano, Samantha, Lev, Einat, Pankhurst, Matthew J., Rull, Alejandro Galdeano, Asensio-Ramos, María, Pérez, Nemesio M., Hernández, Pedro A., Calvo, David, Solana, M. Carmen, Kueppers, Ulrich, Santabárbara, Alejandro PoloGet access
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