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BIZET: Carmen (complete opera) Newly translated libretto, program notes, and synopsis. Link to audio tracks.

Shirley Verrett, Plácido Domingo, José Van Dam, Kiri Te Kanawa, Richard Van Allen, Thomas Allen, et al, vocal soloists/Covent Garden Orchestra & Chorus/Sir George Solti, conductor

An all-star live production of this most popular of operas, complete with extensive notes, newly-translated libretto, remastered digital sound, and beautiful packaging, all at mid-price! One of the first recordings of Carmen made using the Oeser Edition, restoring the original spoken dialogue in the libretto. Shirley Verrett is one of the most sensual and intelligently dramatic Carmens ever recorded. Luciano Pavarotti has called her “one of the great artists of this century.” Live performance, London, 1973.

"Verrett is quite interesting. Hers has always been an individual timbre, perhaps not beautiful in the conventional sense, but unique, and possessing an innate animal intensity that can snarl or purr. Almost at odds with this seething quality is Verrett’s refinement as a musician, more apparent back in 1973, when she was in her prime, than in later outings... this sounds like a carefully prepared production, in which nothing is handled carelessly, everyone on his toes and in fine form. The sound is wonderfully clear, present and undistorted.” — Opera News

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Grand Opera Libretto
This is a very early but fascinating translation of the French text and is, therefore, very useful in understanding the evolving understanding of this opera. ... Read more

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Les achats comprennent une adhésion à l'essai gratuite au club de livres de l'éditeur, dans lequel vous pouvez choisir parmi plus d'un million d'ouvrages, sans frais. Le livre consiste d'articles Wikipedia sur : Carmen, Georges Bizet, L'arlésienne, Les Pêcheurs de Perles, le Docteur Miracle, La Prêtresse. Non illustré. Mises à jour gratuites en ligne. Extrait : Carmen est un opéra-comique en quatre actes de Georges Bizet, sur un livret d'Henri Meilhac et Ludovic Halévy, d'après la nouvelle Carmen, de Prosper Mérimée. La première eut lieu sous la direction d'Adolphe Deloffre. Créé le 3 mars 1875 à l'Opéra-Comique de Paris, c'est l'un des opéras français les plus joués au monde. L'action se passe à Séville et dans les environs, au début du siècle. Le prélude est l'un des plus célèbres de l'histoire de la musique: C'est un Allegro giocoso débordant au rythme joyeux et bondissant correspondant au motif de la corrida, entrecoupé d'abord par un petit thème du quatrième acte (où l'alguazil se fait copieusement huer) puis par le motif de la chanson d'Escamillo. Il est suivi immédiatement par un sombre Andante moderato dont le caractère inquiétant et frissonnant marque le thème du destin funeste, il sera joué aux moments clefs de l'opéra (Carmen jette la fleur à José, Micaëla convainc José de partir...) et résonnera à toute volée à la fin du duo final. Une place à Séville, entre la caserne des dragons d'Alcala et une manufacture de tabac. Des soldats montent la garde. Leur brigadier, Moralès, voit arriver une jeune fille aux nattes blondes : c'est Micaëla qui cherche son fiancé, le brigadier Don José. Les sollicitations des dragons se faisant trop pressantes elle s'éclipse. On entend les clairons de la garde montante suivie d'un petit groupe de gamins qui jouent aux soldats : « avec la garde montante, nous arrivons, nous voilà... sonne, trompette éclatante, ta ra ta, ta ra ta ta ; nous marchons la tête haute, comme de petits soldats »....http://booksllc.net/?l=fr ... Read more

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Contains twenty of Bizet's best-known songs in French text. Is also available for Soprano or Tenor (Item #K06831). ... Read more

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Intermediate/Advanced piano solos by Georges Bizet. ... Read more

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An excellent resource
Having perused this book during a coaching, it looks like the real deal, and a big help when dealing with the language. Also included, but not mentioned specifically in the first review, is the original short novella by Prosper Merimee, quite essential to understanding the complexities of the title character. It also fleshes out some information concerning the origins of some of the supporting roles in the opera.

Everything needed and necessary for a theatrical success
Mary Dibbern's Carmen: A Performance Guide is an annotated guide which provides the complete French text for both the recitative and dialogue versions, transcriptions of the French into the International Phonetic Alphabet, and an English translation. A complete reference for the study, performance, and production of this classic opera, Dibbern's Carmen provides everything needed and necessary for a theatrical success and is ardently recommended for use by singers, conductors, coaches, stage directors, opera producers, students, and teachers. Mary Dibbern's impressive text is enhanced with an informative foreword by Thomas Grubb and is a core addition to academic and professional opera studies and reference library collections. ... Read more

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Carmen is a multi-movement work, and this arrangement provides all the lustre from the original orchestral score equally shared by the two pianists, creating a most exciting performance piece. Movements may be performed separately, thus making it a bit more simple to learn, or it may be performed in its entirety. Sure to be a big hit with two-piano teams. ... Read more

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Merimée's Short Stories
First, this is a collection of Prosper Merimée's short stories and novellas, including "Carmen," which became the basis for the more famous Bizet opera. But this is NOT the opera or anything to do with the opera other than being the source material.

The novella "Carmen" holds up pretty well, though it's worth noting that Bizet only used a portion of the tale for his opera. Personally, my favorite story in the collection is "Colomba," in which a French soldier, returning to his Coriscan homeland, finds himself entangled in a tragic family feud, spurred on by his scheming sister--it's a riveting tale, very suspenseful and filled with rich Corsican detail.

This is NOT Bizet's Opera,
But rather a collection of some of Merimee's finest short stories.

They range from the tragio-comic (The Etruscan Vase) to pure horror (The Lokis).Others are just strange (Venus of Ille).Merimee's writing (or at least the translation) flows in a way that makes him easily accessible to the modern reader (like me).

This is the perfect book to put on your nightstand for a good evening read.

Rational Emotion
Bizet's CARMEN OVERTURE is well known and frequently used in the occasion that a champion comes out.In my opinion,Carmen is a champion,a champion of love,a champion of freedom.Mérimée,the author of CARMEM,describes Carmen as a sparkish and abandoned woman,searching for true love and sticking to freedom.In this book, Mérimée narrates how he ran across Don Jose' and the whole story between Don Jose' and Carmen.Don Jose',a soldier,falls in love with Carmen,a prisoner who kills a woman worker,when he is on his way to send her to prison.He gives her reins in spite of being punished.He becomes a bandit and killer so as to stay with her and please her.He kills her eventually for preventing her from loving someone else.It is a tragic ending.And I am deeply shocked.But if not for the death of Carmen,her spirit of chasing freedom can't be that striking.
There are two plots that make me consider a lot:
1.FOR OBTAINING CARMEN,DON JOSE' KILLS A SUBALTERN.
He was injured,and Carmen took good care of him until he recovered.I am moved for it.Someone may say Carmen has many lovers,and her love to Don Jose' is not true love.But I can't agree with it.From this part,we can see clearly that her love is of ligeance.Why she risked her life to save Don Jose',just for exploiting him sometime?Absolutely not.Don't forget Carmen can let any man do anything.Don Jose' is puny,but her love is significant.It can be confirmed in the latter part.When they were attacked by the army,Don Jose' was unfortunately shot,and Carmen looked after him patiently and attentively,without sleeping.She did love him with every beat of her heart.It must be noticed that only one time Carmen's crying was mentioned and this was the first time Don Jose' had seen her weep.Carmen stole Mérimée's watch but failed to get his ring for the prevention of Don Jose'.And then they quarrelled.Don Jose' beat her.A woman who is beat will cry,but a woman who cries is not certainly beat.Personaly I think Carmen cried for love,not for the beat.
2.FOR OCCUPYING CARMEN,DON JOSE' KILLS HER.
Here,the story comes to climax.Even when Don Jose' took out a knife to threaten her,Carmen did not quail a bit.she took off the ring he had given to her and threw it into the jungle.Finally,he thrust into her heart...She died for her freedom,and her freedom survived.I don't think one should give up freedom in order to love someone.Carmen is a classic example.She prefers being killed to staying with Don Jose'.Her love is for freedom,and her freedom is for love.She will love whom gives her freedom.Free love is unselfish.Don Jose' can't give her free love,and longs to occupy her on his own,so he is doomed to fail.
So,do remember that Real Love is a rational emotion!

DON JOSE' S DREAM
Back in 1875, a man named Georges Bizet died leaving
us an opera. However the credit does not fully be-
long to him.It rightfully belongs to Prosper
Merimee, whose imagination gave birth to a gypsy
called Carmen and her distressed lover Don Jose.
Carmen, though her name is the title of the book,
is not the most important character of the book.
In this case Don Jose is the attention getter be-
cause of his mental and moral makeup.
Just as Don Quixote fantasized about Dulcinea,
so Don Jose fantasizes about Carmen. Don Jose
is a dreamer. Reality hits him in the head
only when Carmen chooses a career of smuggling
and murdering for him.Don Jose is weak, no
matter what he can't say no to Carmen. We
can't help but to pity him and say
"If only we could send you to a physcologist...."
Don Jose and Carmen are crazy,insane,and
immoral, much like people today.

Gitanos and Spanish folklore
Am I at the right site? I am looking for Merimée's story, not for Bizet's opera. Why is every review referring to a CD package, if I'm in the "books" store of Amazon? I don't know, but here's the review:

The narrator, a French archaeologist, is travelling through Andalucia, in Southern Spain, when he meets Jose Navarro, a famous bandit and smuggler. Two days later, he meets a beautiful gitana, named Carmen. In her house he finds Jose again. After that, he notices his watch has been stolen, but investigates nothing. Weeks later, he meets Jose again, just as he's about to be executed for his crimes. There, Jose tells the story of his love for Carmen, who happens to have stolen the watch, and how, for that love, he transformed from soldier to bandit. It is a story of Spanish passion, betrayal and lust, full of the romantic flavor of that corner of the world. Merimée is a good storyteller, and you can feel the heat and dust, the powerful sun burning the brains of these passionate people. No wonder it inspired one of the best operas of all time. ... Read more

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This file includes: Carmen, Djamileh, and Les pêcheurs de perles. According to Wikipedia: "Georges Bizet (25 October 1838 – 3 June 1875) was a French composer and pianist of the Romantic era. He is best known for the opera Carmen."
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Easy Note Style Sheet MusicCustom Made Quality Arrangements Printed on Beautiful Colored Backgrounds ... Read more