Flower Song (La fleur que tu m’avais jetée)

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Flower Song (La fleur que tu m’avais jetée) is a famous romantic aria for tenor from Georges Bizet’s opera Carmen, in which Don José passionately recalls the flower Carmen once threw to him.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf opera aria
romantic aria
tenor aria
associatedCharacter Carmen
associatedWork Carmen
surface form: Carmen (opera)
basedOnLibrettoOf Carmen
characterVoiceType lyric tenor
composer Georges Bizet
countryOfOrigin France
dramaticContext Don José
surface form: Don José recalls the flower Carmen threw to him
dramaticFunction intensifies the love conflict between Don José and Carmen
Don José
surface form: reveals Don José’s emotional vulnerability
firstPerformanceOperaCity Paris
firstPerformanceOperaVenue Opéra-Comique, Paris, France
surface form: Opéra-Comique, Paris
genre lyric aria
opera aria
language French
librettist Henri Meilhac
Ludovic Halévy
musicalPeriod Romantic period in music
surface form: Romantic era
notableFor emotional high B-flat climax
expressive lyrical line for tenor
operaAct Carmen
surface form: Act II of Carmen
operaComposer Georges Bizet
operaOriginalLanguage French
originalLanguageTitle Flower Song (La fleur que tu m’avais jetée) self-linksurface differs
surface form: La fleur que tu m’avais jetée
originalWorkPremiereYear 1875
partOfOpera Carmen
performanceTradition often excerpted from the full opera
often performed in recital
setting Seville, Spain
subjectOf numerous commercial recordings
sungByCharacter Don José
theme fate
obsession
unrequited love
title Flower Song
Flower Song (La fleur que tu m’avais jetée) self-linksurface differs
surface form: La fleur que tu m’avais jetée
typicalPerformanceLanguage French
usedAs audition piece for tenors
vocalRange tenor with high B-flat
voiceType tenor

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Carmen notableNumber Flower Song (La fleur que tu m’avais jetée)
Don José notableAria Flower Song (La fleur que tu m’avais jetée)
this entity surface form: La fleur que tu m’avais jetée
Flower Song (La fleur que tu m’avais jetée) title Flower Song (La fleur que tu m’avais jetée) self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: La fleur que tu m’avais jetée
Flower Song (La fleur que tu m’avais jetée) originalLanguageTitle Flower Song (La fleur que tu m’avais jetée) self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: La fleur que tu m’avais jetée