Synopsis Place: Seville, Spain Time: 1830 First company The Habanera, the aria that Carmen appears on the scene, is undoubtedly one of the most famous opera melodies of all time. This Classic has conquered even a modest place in popular culture. All the more interesting is the fact that Bizet initially on more or less the same text Carmens entrance aria had written for another, and that the Habanera was formed only after various adjustments at the request of prima donna Galli-Marié, who found the original version not powerful enough. The prelude already contains a number of main motifs that come back later in the opera, among other things the melody of the famous couplets "Votre toast, your peux vous le rendre" (L'air the toréador). Also the dramatic end of the story announces itself already to. Deman, girlfriend of Carmen- mezzo soprano.Frasquita, girlfriend of Carmen- soprano.While the opera world by storm, the work time and time again adapted to local conventions. The original opéra comique is rarely performed, but the "original version" yet still experienced a comeback in the year 1970. Since then also increasingly stepped up again. Carmen got a mythical status and the Habanera ( "L'amour est un oiseau rebelle."), the first aria of the title role, has become one of the most famous from the entire opera repertoire. Meanwhile France was Carmen outside become very popular. Already on 23 October 1875 (Bizet was shortly before that, on 3 June, deceased) went a by Ernest Guiraud edited version premiered in Vienna. The spoken dialogue for the opéra-comique were characteristic in this version replaced by Sung recitatives. Other cities soon followed: Antwerp, Brussels and Budapest in 1876, Saint Petersburg, Stockholm, London, Dublin and New York in 1878. The premiere was not a great success, although the reactions also not certified were negative. After 48 performances production in February 1876 by the stage reached. The revival came eight years later, in april 1883. When Galli-Marié in October of that year the title role flowed interpret the Hall time and again went again full. In 1904 , the opéra comique its thousandth performance.
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Poster for the premiere of Carmen in 1875īizet got after the execution of his successful piece to a new command Djamileh work writing for the Opéra-Comiquetheatre. His opéra comique based on Prosper Mérimées Novella Carmen brought moving, because the subject would be too challenging for the audience of the family theater. The composer was forced to change his piece on a number of points and the emphasis is more on the simple Micaëla and other "conventional" characters to explain. The great support of the fictional story of Célestine Galli-Marié title role Bizet for even more fundamental changes.īizet gave with the subject in his opera Carmen kicked off the Verismoopera, a genre that fifteen years later would come to full development and especially the Italian opera would dominate. In this regard, Bizet to be considered a pioneer.