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Georges Bizet (French: [ʒɔʁʒ bizɛ]; 25 October 1838 – 3 June 1875), registered at birth as Alexandre César Léopold Bizet, was a French composer of the romantic era. Best known for his operas in a career cut short by his early death, Bizet achieved few successes before his final work, Carmen, which has become one of the most popular and frequently performed works in the entire opera repertoire.
During a brilliant student career at the Conservatoire de Paris, Bizet won many prizes, including the prestigious Prix de Rome in 1857. He was recognised as an outstanding pianist, though he chose not to capitalise on this skill and rarely performed in public. Returning to Paris after almost three years in Italy, he found that the main Parisian opera theatres preferred the established classical repertoire to the works of newcomers. His keyboard and orchestral compositions were likewise largely ignored; as a result, his career stalled, and he earned his living mainly by arranging and transcribing the music of others. Restless for success, he began many theatrical projects during the 1860s, most of which were abandoned. Neither of his two operas that reached the stage in this time—Les pêcheurs de perles and La jolie fille de Perth—were immediately successful.
Carmen (French pronunciation: [kaʁmɛn]; Spanish: [ˈkarmen]) is an opera in four acts by the French composer Georges Bizet. The libretto was written by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, based on a novella of the same title by Prosper Mérimée. The opera was first performed at the Opéra-Comique in Paris, on 3 March 1875, and was not well received, largely due to its breaking of convention and controversial main characters, which shocked and scandalized its first audiences. Bizet died suddenly after the 33rd performance, and therefore was unaware of its outstanding success in Vienna later that year, or that it would win enduring international acclaim within the next ten years. Carmen has since become one of the most popular and frequently-performed operas in the classical canon; the "Habanera" from act 1 and the "Toreador Song" from act 2 are among the best known of all operatic arias.
The opera, written in the genre of opéra comique with musical numbers separated by dialogue, 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 toreador 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.
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Habanera is the popular name for "L'amour est un oiseau rebelle" ("Love is a rebellious bird"), one of the most famous arias from Georges Bizet's 1875 opera Carmen. It is the entrance aria of the title character, a mezzo-soprano role, in scene 5 of the first act. It is based on a descending chromatic scale followed by variants of the same phrase in first the minor and then the major key, corresponding to the vicissitudes of love expressed in the lyrics. The vocal range covers D4 to F♯5 with a tessitura from D4 to D5.
The score of this aria was adapted from the habanera "El Arreglito", originally composed by the Spanish musician Sebastián Yradier. Bizet thought it to be a folk song; when others told him he had used something that had been written by a composer who had died only ten years earlier, he had to add a note to the vocal score of Carmen, acknowledging its source.
The French libretto was written by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy.
Lyrics in parentheses are sung by the chorus.
Aria from Act I from Bizet's "Carmen." Elina Garanca (Carmen). Conductor: Yannick Nézet-Séguin. Production: Richard Eyre (2009). From the 2010 Live in HD transmission.
Agnes Baltsa, José Carreras, Samuel Ramey, Leona Mitchell; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra und Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Conductor: James Levine
Premier Acte - Une place à Séville. N. 3 - Choeur et Scène: "Mais nous ne voyons pas la Carmencita?" - "Carmen fait son apparition. Tout de suite pressée par ses nombreux admirateurs, elle les repousse cependant vivement." - N.4 HAVANAISE: "L'amour est un oiseau rebelle" - "Carmen met en garde ses admirateurs contre l'amour, qui, imprévisible, échappe à toute loi." - N. 5 - "Carmen! sur tes pas nous nous pressons tous!" - "Carmen se tourne vers Don José, le seul qui jusqu'à présent ne lui a accordé aucun regard. Provante, eele lui jette une fleur à la tête." - "Quelle effronterie!" (Don José e Micaela) "Un émois inconnu se mêle à la colère de Don José. Il cache la fleur en voyant arriver Micaele."
Georges Bizet opera "Carmen" - Habanera (aria) http://www.musik-zum-fest.eu Yuliya Lebedenko - mezzo-soprano Orchestra "Metamorphose" Conductor - Pavel Lyubomudrov http://www.metamorphose.by/ Habanera is the popular name for "L'amour est un oiseau rebelle" ("Love is a rebellious bird"), one of the most famous arias from Georges Bizet's 1875 opera Carmen. It is the entrance aria of the title character, a mezzo-soprano role, in scene 5 of the first act. Carmen is an opera in four acts by French composer Georges Bizet. The libretto was written by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, based on a novella of the same title by Prosper Mérimée. The opera was first performed at the Opéra-Comique in Paris on 3 March 1875, where its breaking of conventions shocked and scandalized its first audiences...
I have now completely uploaded my favourite opera! Georges Bizet's Carmen (4 Acts) (Part 10 of 20) (Quintet: Nous avons en tete un affaire + Halte-la, qui va la?) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1bICOGIrS0&feature;=related Composer: Georges Bizet Libretto: Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy CARMEN: Maria Ewing (Soprano) DON JOSE: Luis Lima (Tenor) ESCAMILLO: Gino Quilico (Baritone) MICAELA: Leontina Vaduva (Soprano) ZUNIGA: Roderick Earle (Bass-Baritone) MORALES: Christopher Booth-Jones (Baritone) FRASQUITA: Judith Howarth (Soprano) MERCEDES: Jean Rigby (Mezzo-Soprano) LILLAS PASTIA: Daniel Pageon (Spoken role) DANCAIRE: Burno Caproni (Bass-Baritone) REMENDADO: Francis Egerton (Tenor) Flamenco dancer: Juan Ortega Stage Director: Nuria Espert Conductor: Zubin Mehta ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KY977gtlC2k Cast Carmen: Nadia Krasteva Don José: Massimo Giordano Micaela: Anna Netrebko Escamillo: Ildebrando d'Arcangelo Frasquita: Anita Hartig Mercedes: Zoryana Kushpler Zúñiga: Alexandru Moisiuc Morales: Adrian Eröd Remendado: Herwig Pecoraro Dancaire: Tae Joong Yang Conductor: Andris Nelsons Chor und Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper Production Inszenierung: Franco Zeffirelli Bühnenbild: Franco Zeffirelli Kostüme: Leo Bei Choreographie: Rafael de Córdoba Chorleitung: Thomas Lang
Singapore National Youth Orchestra Conductor: Tan Wee Hsin. Performed at Esplanade Concert Hall, Singapore 10 April 2012, 7.30pm
Carmen Symphony in Tweleve Scenes Georges Bizet Jose Serebrier, arr. Greater Miami Youth Symphony Symphony Orchestra Huifang Chen, conductor
Spanish heat and gypsy passion are brought to the stage in Francesca Zambello's vivid production of Bizet's opera: http://www.roh.org.uk/carmen The Habanera is the aria Carmen sings when she first appears on stage. It is also known as 'L'amour est un oiseau rebelle'. Carmen was based on a popular novella of the same name by Prosper Mérimée, which enticed French readers with exotic tales of Spain. Its heady combination of passion, sensuality and violence initially proved too much for the stage and Georges Bizet's opera was a critical failure on its premiere in 1875. Bizet died shortly after, never learning of the spectacular success Carmen would achieve -- it has been staged over 500 times at Covent Garden alone. Carmen contains many well-loved numbers, such as Carmen's seductive Habaner...
Habanera is the popular name for "L'amour est un oiseau rebelle" ("Love is a rebellious bird"), one of the most famous arias from Georges Bizet's 1875 opera Carmen. It is the entrance aria of the title character, a mezzo-soprano role, in scene 5 of the first act. The vocal range covers D4 to F♯5 with a tessitura from D4 to D5. The score of this aria was adapted from the habanera "El Arreglito", originally composed by the Spanish musician Sebastián Yradier. Bizet thought it to be a folk song; when others told him he had used something that had been written by a composer who had died only ten years earlier, he had to add a note to the vocal score of Carmen, acknowledging its source.[1] The French libretto was written by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy. It is based on a descending chromati...
Aria from Act I from Bizet's "Carmen." Elina Garanca (Carmen). Conductor: Yannick Nézet-Séguin. Production: Richard Eyre (2009). From the 2010 Live in HD transmission.
Agnes Baltsa, José Carreras, Samuel Ramey, Leona Mitchell; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra und Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Conductor: James Levine
Premier Acte - Une place à Séville. N. 3 - Choeur et Scène: "Mais nous ne voyons pas la Carmencita?" - "Carmen fait son apparition. Tout de suite pressée par ses nombreux admirateurs, elle les repousse cependant vivement." - N.4 HAVANAISE: "L'amour est un oiseau rebelle" - "Carmen met en garde ses admirateurs contre l'amour, qui, imprévisible, échappe à toute loi." - N. 5 - "Carmen! sur tes pas nous nous pressons tous!" - "Carmen se tourne vers Don José, le seul qui jusqu'à présent ne lui a accordé aucun regard. Provante, eele lui jette une fleur à la tête." - "Quelle effronterie!" (Don José e Micaela) "Un émois inconnu se mêle à la colère de Don José. Il cache la fleur en voyant arriver Micaele."
Georges Bizet opera "Carmen" - Habanera (aria) http://www.musik-zum-fest.eu Yuliya Lebedenko - mezzo-soprano Orchestra "Metamorphose" Conductor - Pavel Lyubomudrov http://www.metamorphose.by/ Habanera is the popular name for "L'amour est un oiseau rebelle" ("Love is a rebellious bird"), one of the most famous arias from Georges Bizet's 1875 opera Carmen. It is the entrance aria of the title character, a mezzo-soprano role, in scene 5 of the first act. Carmen is an opera in four acts by French composer Georges Bizet. The libretto was written by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, based on a novella of the same title by Prosper Mérimée. The opera was first performed at the Opéra-Comique in Paris on 3 March 1875, where its breaking of conventions shocked and scandalized its first audiences...
I have now completely uploaded my favourite opera! Georges Bizet's Carmen (4 Acts) (Part 10 of 20) (Quintet: Nous avons en tete un affaire + Halte-la, qui va la?) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1bICOGIrS0&feature;=related Composer: Georges Bizet Libretto: Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy CARMEN: Maria Ewing (Soprano) DON JOSE: Luis Lima (Tenor) ESCAMILLO: Gino Quilico (Baritone) MICAELA: Leontina Vaduva (Soprano) ZUNIGA: Roderick Earle (Bass-Baritone) MORALES: Christopher Booth-Jones (Baritone) FRASQUITA: Judith Howarth (Soprano) MERCEDES: Jean Rigby (Mezzo-Soprano) LILLAS PASTIA: Daniel Pageon (Spoken role) DANCAIRE: Burno Caproni (Bass-Baritone) REMENDADO: Francis Egerton (Tenor) Flamenco dancer: Juan Ortega Stage Director: Nuria Espert Conductor: Zubin Mehta ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KY977gtlC2k Cast Carmen: Nadia Krasteva Don José: Massimo Giordano Micaela: Anna Netrebko Escamillo: Ildebrando d'Arcangelo Frasquita: Anita Hartig Mercedes: Zoryana Kushpler Zúñiga: Alexandru Moisiuc Morales: Adrian Eröd Remendado: Herwig Pecoraro Dancaire: Tae Joong Yang Conductor: Andris Nelsons Chor und Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper Production Inszenierung: Franco Zeffirelli Bühnenbild: Franco Zeffirelli Kostüme: Leo Bei Choreographie: Rafael de Córdoba Chorleitung: Thomas Lang
Singapore National Youth Orchestra Conductor: Tan Wee Hsin. Performed at Esplanade Concert Hall, Singapore 10 April 2012, 7.30pm
Carmen Symphony in Tweleve Scenes Georges Bizet Jose Serebrier, arr. Greater Miami Youth Symphony Symphony Orchestra Huifang Chen, conductor
Spanish heat and gypsy passion are brought to the stage in Francesca Zambello's vivid production of Bizet's opera: http://www.roh.org.uk/carmen The Habanera is the aria Carmen sings when she first appears on stage. It is also known as 'L'amour est un oiseau rebelle'. Carmen was based on a popular novella of the same name by Prosper Mérimée, which enticed French readers with exotic tales of Spain. Its heady combination of passion, sensuality and violence initially proved too much for the stage and Georges Bizet's opera was a critical failure on its premiere in 1875. Bizet died shortly after, never learning of the spectacular success Carmen would achieve -- it has been staged over 500 times at Covent Garden alone. Carmen contains many well-loved numbers, such as Carmen's seductive Habaner...
Habanera is the popular name for "L'amour est un oiseau rebelle" ("Love is a rebellious bird"), one of the most famous arias from Georges Bizet's 1875 opera Carmen. It is the entrance aria of the title character, a mezzo-soprano role, in scene 5 of the first act. The vocal range covers D4 to F♯5 with a tessitura from D4 to D5. The score of this aria was adapted from the habanera "El Arreglito", originally composed by the Spanish musician Sebastián Yradier. Bizet thought it to be a folk song; when others told him he had used something that had been written by a composer who had died only ten years earlier, he had to add a note to the vocal score of Carmen, acknowledging its source.[1] The French libretto was written by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy. It is based on a descending chromati...
From the Teatro Real de Madrid CARMEN | by Antonio Gades and Carlos Saura Music: Antonio Gades Juan Antonio Zafra Moreno Ricardo Freire González Georges Bizet (“Carmen”) Manuel Penella (“El Gato Montés”) José Ortega Heredia and Federico García Lorca (“Verde que te quiero verde”) Carmen´s recorded music by the Orchestra della Suisse Romande, directed by Thomas Schippers, with Regina Resnik, Mario del Monaco and Tom Krause Carmen: Vanesa Vento Don José: Angeli Gil Husband: Joaquín Mulero Bullfighter: Jairo Rodríguez Technical Manager: Dominique You Artistic Director: Stella Arauzo Script, choreography and lighting: Antonio Gades, Carlos Saura Women Dancers: Conchi Maya, Cristina Carnero, Luisa Serrano, Mª José López, Maite Chico, María Nadal, Merche Recio, Virginia Guinales, Yolanda Rodr...
"Circassian Minstrels" presents... An opera on a Circassian theme: Georges Bizet's "Ivan IV" Libretto by Francois-Hippolyte Leroy and Henri Trianon "Ivan IV" (1867; completed posthumously), an opera in five acts and six tableaux, was composed by the famous French musical composer Georges Bizet (1838-1875). Bizet is best known for his popular opera "Carmen" (1875). BBC Northern Orchestra & Chorus Conductor: Bryden Thomson 3 October 1975 Video presentation arranged by Amjad Jaimoukha Produced by Sanjalay Jaimoukha The libretto narrative is not a faithful representation of the actual historical events. For a historical account of Maria and an essay on the importance of this episode in Circassian history, refer to: http://jaimoukha.synthasite.com/statue-of-maria-teimriqwe-yidar.php T...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KY977gtlC2k Cast Carmen: Nadia Krasteva Don José: Massimo Giordano Micaela: Anna Netrebko Escamillo: Ildebrando d'Arcangelo Frasquita: Anita Hartig Mercedes: Zoryana Kushpler Zúñiga: Alexandru Moisiuc Morales: Adrian Eröd Remendado: Herwig Pecoraro Dancaire: Tae Joong Yang Conductor: Andris Nelsons Chor und Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper Production Inszenierung: Franco Zeffirelli Bühnenbild: Franco Zeffirelli Kostüme: Leo Bei Choreographie: Rafael de Córdoba Chorleitung: Thomas Lang
Georges Bizet (1838-1875), France - Carmen, Opéra en quatre actes: Acte I Livret: Henri Meilhac et Ludovic Halévy Carmen - Maria Callas Don José - Nicolaï Gedda Micaëla - Andréa Guiot Escamillo - Robert Massard Frasquita - Nadine Sautereau Mercédès - Jane Berbié Le Dancaïre - Jean-Paul Vauquelin Le Remendado - Jacques Pruvost (Nos. 18 et 19) - Maurice Maievski Moralès - Claude Cales Zuniga - Jacques Mars Chœurs René Duclos Chœurs d'enfants: Jean Pensneaud Orchestre du Théâtre National de l'Opéra de Paris GEORGES PRÊTRE Enregistré à Paris en 1964 -----------------------------------
Georges Bizet 1838-1875 Carmen 00:00 1. Prelude 02:09 2. No.4 Havanaise (Habanera) 06:40 3. No.13 Couplet (Toreador Song) 11:47 4. No.11 Chanson (Gypsy Song) 16:32 5. No.16 Air de la fleur (Flower Song) 20:45 6. No.25 Chœur et Scène Anne Sofie von Otter, Carmen Bryn Terfel, Escamillo Véronique Gen, Frasquita Stella Doufexis, Mercedes Roberto Alagna, Don José Claudio Abbado, conductor Berliner Philharmoniker Donostiako Orfeoia Südtiroler Kinderchor
Bizet: Les Pécheurs de Perles (Full Album) Download on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/album/bizet-les-pecheurs-de-perles/id641726056 For physical sales: http://brilliantclassics.com/articles/b/bizet-les-p%C3%A9cheurs-de-perles/ Listen via Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/3WQ2O5pXZVVadQpYazxmur Parisian composer Georges Bizet was enrolled in the Consevatoire at the age of nine and won a premier prix in solfège within six months of his arrival. He later received prizes for his skill as a pianist, gaining particular renown for his sight-reading, and won the coveted Prix de Rome in 1857. At this time, opera theatres in Paris were reluctant to stage new works rather than the established classics, meaning that Bizet’s operas did not achieve much success during his lifetime, despite the...
Georges Bizet (1838-1875), France - Carmen, Opéra en quatre actes: Acte III Acte IV Livret: Henri Meilhac et Ludovic Halévy Carmen - Maria Callas Don José - Nicolaï Gedda Micaëla - Andréa Guiot Escamillo - Robert Massard Frasquita - Nadine Sautereau Mercédès - Jane Berbié Le Dancaïre - Jean-Paul Vauquelin Le Remendado - Jacques Pruvost (Nos. 18 et 19) - Maurice Maievski Moralès - Claude Cales Zuniga - Jacques Mars Chœurs René Duclos Chœurs d'enfants: Jean Pensneaud Orchestre du Théâtre National de l'Opéra de Paris GEORGES PRÊTRE Enregistré à Paris en 1964 -----------------------------------
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