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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3341by Vautard, Robert, Christidis, Nikolaos, Ciavarella, Andrew, Alvarez-Castro, Carmen, Bellprat, Omar, Christiansen, Bo, Colfescu, Ioana, Cowan, Tim, Doblas-Reyes, Francisco, Eden, Jonathan, Hauser, Mathias, Hegerl, Gabriele, Hempelmann, Nils, Klehmet, Katharina, Lott, Fraser, Nangini, Cathy, Orth, Rene, Radanovics, Sabine, Seneviratne, Sonia I., van Oldenborgh, Geert Jan, Scott, Peter, Tett, Simon, Wilcox, Laura, Yiou, PascalGet access
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3342by Urgeles, Roger, León Buendía, Ricardo F., Pérez, Lara F., García, Xavier, Bartolomé, Rafael, Llorente Isidro, Miguel, Albarracín, Sílvia, Galán, Luis, Orden Gómez, José Antonio de la, García Crespo, Jesús, Fernández Puga, María del Carmen, Ortega, Teodora, Marín-Moreno, Héctor, Evans, Rob L., Attias, Eric, Poort, Jeffrey, Giustiniani, Michela, Tinivella, Umberta, Rebesco, MicheleGet access
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3343by Vautard, Robert, Christidis, Nikolaos, Ciavarella, Andrew, Alvarez-Castro, Carmen, Bellprat, Omar, Christiansen, Bo, Colfescu, Ioana, Cowan, Tim, Doblas-Reyes, Francisco, Eden, Jonathan, Hauser, Mathias, Hegerl, Gabriele, Hempelmann, Nils, Klehmet, Katharina, Lott, Fraser, Nangini, Cathy, Orth, Rene, Radanovics, Sabine, Seneviratne, Sonia I., van Oldenborgh, Geert Jan, Stott, Peter, Tett, Simon, Wilcox, Laura, Yiou, PascalGet access
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3344by Somoza-Losada, L. (Luis), Rueda, J.L. (José Luis), Sánchez-Guillamón, O. (Olga), Medialdea, T. (Teresa), Rincón-Tomás, B. (Blanca), González, F.J. (Francisco Javier), Palomino, D. (Desirée), Madureira, P. (Pedro), López-Pamo, E., Fernández-Salas, L.M. (Luis Miguel), Santofimia, Esther, León, R., Marino, E., Fernández-Puga, M.C. (María Carmen), Vázquez, J.T. (Juan Tomás)Get access
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3345by Araújo, Mário J, Sousa, Maria L, Fonseca, Elza, Felpeto, Aldo Barreiro, Martins, José Carlos, Vázquez, María, Mallo, Natalia, Rodriguez-Lorenzo, Laura, Quarato, Monica, Pinheiro, Ivone, Turkina, Maria V, López-Mayán, Juan José, Peña-Vázquez, Elena, Barciela-Alonso, María Carmen, Spuch-Calvar, Miguel, Oliveira, Miguel, Bermejo-Barrera, Pilar, Cabaleiro, Santiago, Espiña, Begoña, Vasconcelos, Vitor, Campos, AlexandreGet access
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3346by Mário J. Araújo, Maria L. Sousa, Elza Fonseca, Aldo Barreiro Felpeto, José Carlos Martins, María Vázquez, Natalia Mallo, Laura Rodriguez-Lorenzo, Monica Quarato, Ivone Pinheiro, Maria V. Turkina, Juan José López-Mayán, Elena Peña-Vázquez, María Carmen Barciela-Alonso, Miguel Spuch-Calvar, Miguel Oliveira, Pilar Bermejo-Barrera, Santiago Cabaleiro, Begoña Espiña, Vitor Vasconcelos, Alexandre CampoGet access
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3347by Prado, Fernanda Dotti do, Vera Rodríguez, Manuel, Hermida Prieto, Miguel, Bouza Fernández, María Carmen, Gómez Pardo, María Belén, Vilas Peteiro, Román, Blanco Hortas, Andrés, Fernández López, José Carlos, Maroso, Francesco, Maes, Gregory E., Turan, Cemal, Volckaert, Filip A. M., Taggart, John B., Carr, Adrian, Ogden, Rob, Nielsen, Einar Eg, The Aquatrace Consortium, Martínez Portela, PaulinoGet access
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3348by Araújo, Mário J., Sousa, Maria L., Fonseca, Elza, Felpeto, Aldo Barreiro, Martins, José Carlos, Vázquez, María, Mallo, Natalia, Rodriguez-Lorenzo, Laura, Quarato, Monica, Pinheiro, Ivone, Turkina, Maria V., López-Mayán, Juan José, Peña-Vázquez, Elena, Barciela-Alonso, María Carmen, Spuch-Calvar, Miguel, Oliveira, Miguel, Bermejo-Barrera, Pilar, Cabaleiro, Santiago, Espiña, Begoña, Vasconcelos, Vitor, Campos, AlexandreGet access
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3349by Abraham, Annette, Schmidt, Veronika, Kaminski, Miriam, Stelzle, Dominik, De Meijere, Robert, Bustos, Javier, Soumyaranjan Sahu, Priyadarshi, Hugo Garcia, Hector, Bobić, Branko, Cretu, Carmen, Chiodini, Peter, Deksne, Gunita, Dermauw, Veronique, Devleesschauwer, Brecht, Dorny, Pierre, Fonseca, Ana, Gabriël, Sarah, Ángeles Gómez Morales, Maria, Kucsera, István, Laranjo-González, Minerva, Trevisan, Chiara, Vilhena, Manuela, Walker, Naomi F, Zammarchi, Lorenzo, Sylvia Winkler, AndreaGet access
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3350by Geissler, Wolfram, Knies, Jochen, Nielsen, Tove, Gaina, Carmen, Matthiessen, Jens, Gebhardt, Catalina, Damm, Volkmar, Forwick, Matthias, Hjelstuen, Berit O., Hopper, John R., Husum, Katrine, Laberg, Jan Sverre, Kürschner, Wolfram, Morigi, Caterina, Schreck, Michael, Tripati, Aradhna, Vogt, Christoph, Rebesco, Michele, Nam, Seung-Il, Carlson, Anders E., De Schepper, Stijn, Lucchi, Renata, Mattingsdal, Rune, Jokat, Wilfried, Stein, RüdigerGet access
Published 2015
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3351by Geissler, Wolfram, Knies, Jochen, Nielsen, Tove, Gaina, Carmen, Matthiessen, Jens, Gebhardt, Catalina, Damm, Volkmar, Forwick, Matthias, Hjelstuen, Berit O., Hopper, John R., Husum, Katrine, Laberg, Jan Sverre, Kürschner, Wolfram, Morigi, Caterina, Schreck, Michael, Tripati, Aradhna, Vogt, Christoph, Rebesco, Michele, Nam, Seung-Il, Carlson, Anders E., De Schepper, Stijn, Lucchi, Renata, Mattingsdal, Rune, Jokat, Wilfried, Stein, RüdigerGet access
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3352by Geissler, Wolfram, Knies, Jochen, Nielsen, Tove, Gaina, Carmen, Matthießen, Jens, Gebhardt, Catalina, Damm, Volkmar, Forwick, Matthias, Hjelstuen, Berit O., Hopper, John R., Husum, Katrine, Laberg, Jan Sverre, Kürschner, Wolfram, Morigi, Caterina, Schreck, Michael, Tripati, Aradhna K., Vogt, Christoph, Rebesco, Michele, Nam, Seung-Il, Carlson, Anders E., De Schepper, Stijn, Lucchi, Renata, Mattingsdal, Rune, Jokat, Wilfried, Stein, RüdigerGet access
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3353by Garrido, D. (Diego), Varó, I. (Inmaculada), Morales, A.E. (Amalia Encarnación)(Amalia Encarnación), Hidalgo, M.C. (María del Carmen), Navarro, J.C. (Juan Carlos), Hontoria, F. (Francisco), Monroig, Ó. (Óscar), Iglesias, J. (José), Otero-Pinzas, J.J. (Juan José), Estévez, A. (Alicia), Pérez, J. (Josu), Martín, M.V. (María Virginia), Rodríguez, C. (Covadonga), Almansa, E. (Eduardo), Gardenete, G.Get access
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3354by Roest, A.M., de Jonge, Peter, Lim, Carmen, Stein, Dan J., Al-Hamzawi, Ali, Alonso Caballero, Jordi, Benjet, Corina, Bruffaerts, Ronny, Bunting, Brentan, Caldas de Almeida, José Miguel, Ciutan, Marius, De Girolamo, Giovanni, Hu, Chiyi, Levinson, Daphna, Nakamura, Yukio, Navarro Mateu, Fernando, Piazza, Marina, Posada Villa, José, Torres, Yolanda, Wojtyniak, Bogdan J., Kessler, Ronald C., Scott, Kate M.Get access
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3355by López-Pérez, José A., Tercero-Martínez, Félix, Serna-Puente, José M., Vaquero-Jiménez, Beatriz, Patino-Esteban, María, García-Carreño, Pablo, González-García, Javier, García-Pérez, Óscar, Beltrán-Martínez, Francisco J., Albo-Castaño, Carlos, Gallego-Puyol, Juan D., López-Fernández, Isaac, Díez-González, Carmen, Malo-Gómez, Inmaculada, Barbas-Calvo, Laura, de Vicente-Abad, Pablo, López-Fernández, José A.Get access
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3356by José A. López-Pérez, Félix Tercero-Martínez, José M. Serna-Puente, Beatriz Vaquero-Jiménez, María Patino-Esteban, Pablo García-Carreño, Javier González-García, Óscar García-Pérez, Francisco J. Beltrán-Martínez, Carlos Albo-Castaño, Juan D. Gallego-Puyol, Isaac López-Fernández, Carmen Díez-González, Inmaculada Malo-Gómez, Laura Barbas-Calvo, Pablo de Vicente-Abad, José A. López-FernándezGet access
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3357by Kay M Tomashek, Aidsa Rivera, Brenda Torres-Velasquez, Elizabeth A Hunsperger, Jorge L Munoz-Jordan, Tyler M Sharp, Irma Rivera, Dario Sanabria, Dianna M Blau, Renee Galloway, Jose Torres, Rosa Rodriguez, Javier Serrano, Carlos Chávez, Francisco Dávila, Janice Perez-Padilla, Esther M Ellis, Gladys Caballero, Laura Wright, Sherif R Zaki, Carmen Deseda, Edda Rodriguez, Harold S MargolisGet access
Published in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases (2016)
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3358by Hernández-Molina, F Javier, Wåhlin, Anna, Bruno, Miguel, Ercilla, Gemma, Llave, Estefanía, Serra, Nuno, Rosón, Gabriel, Puig, Pere, Rebesco, Michele, Van Rooij, David, Roque, David, González-Pola, César, Sánchez, Francisco, Gómez, María, Preu, Benedict, Schwenk, Tilmann, Hanebuth, Till JJ, Sánchez Leal, Ricardo F, García-Lafuente, Jesús, Brackenridge, Rachel E, Juan Valenzuela, Carmen, Stow, Dorrik AV, Sánchez-González, José MaríaGet access
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3359by Abraham, Annette, Schmidt, Veronika, Kaminski, Miriam, Stelzle, Dominik, De Meijere, Robert, Bustos, Javier, Soumyaranjan Sahu, Priyadarshi, Hugo Garcia, Hector, Bobić, Branko, Cretu, Carmen, Chiodini, Peter, Deksne, Gunita, Dermauw, Veronique, Devleesschauwer, Brecht, Dorny, Pierre, Fonseca, Ana, Gabriël, Sarah, Ángeles Gómez Morales, Maria, Kucsera, István, Laranjo‐González, Minerva, Trevisan, Chiara, Vilhena, Manuela, Walker, Naomi F., Zammarchi, Lorenzo, Sylvia Winkler, AndreaGet access
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3360by Abraham, Annette, Schmidt, Veronika, Kaminski, Miriam, Stelzle, Dominik, De Meijere, Robert, Bustos, Javier, Sahu, Priyadarshi Soumyaranjan, Garcia, Hector Hugo, Bobić, Branko, Cretu, Carmen, Chiodini, Peter, Deksne, Gunita, Dermauw, Veronique, Devleesschauwer, Brecht, Dorny, Pierre, Fonseca, Ana, Gabriël, Sarah, Gómez-Morales, Maria Angeles, Kucsera, István, Laranjo‐González, Minerva, Trevisan, Chiara, Vilhena, Manuela, Walker, Naomi F., Zammarchi, Lorenzo, Winkler, Andrea SylviaGet access
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