Carmen
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Carmen is a famous opera by Georges Bizet, renowned for its passionate music and tragic story centered on the free-spirited gypsy Carmen.
Observed surface forms (3)
| Surface form | As subject | As object |
|---|---|---|
| Carmen (ballet staging) | 0 | 1 |
| Carmen is a free-spirited Romani woman | 0 | 1 |
| Toreador Song (Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre) | 0 | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | opera → |
| adaptation |
ballet adaptations
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film adaptations → orchestral suites → |
| basedOn | novella Carmen by Prosper Mérimée → |
| catalogueNumber | WD 31 → |
| characterDescription |
Carmen
self-linksurface differs
→
surface form:
Carmen is a free-spirited Romani woman
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| characterOccupation |
cigarette factory worker
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smuggler → |
| characterVoiceType |
Carmen: mezzo-soprano
→
Don José: tenor → Escamillo: baritone → Micaëla: soprano → |
| composer | Georges Bizet → |
| contains | spoken dialogue (original opéra comique version) → |
| culturalImpact | one of the best-known works in the operatic repertoire → |
| ending | tragic → |
| famousRecording |
Herbert von Karajan 1963 (Berlin Philharmonic, Leontyne Price, Franco Corelli)
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Sir Georg Solti 1976 (London Philharmonic, Tatiana Troyanos, Plácido Domingo) → |
| genre | opéra comique → |
| influenced | verismo opera movement → |
| language | French → |
| laterReception | one of the most frequently performed operas worldwide → |
| librettist |
Henri Meilhac
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Ludovic Halévy → |
| mainCharacter |
Carmen
self-link
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Don José → Escamillo → Micaëla → |
| musicalStyle | Romantic → |
| notableAria |
Habanera (L’amour est un oiseau rebelle)
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Carmen self-linksurface differs →
surface form:
Toreador Song (Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre)
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| notableNumber |
Flower Song (La fleur que tu m’avais jetée)
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Seguidilla (Près des remparts de Séville) → |
| orchestration | full Romantic orchestra → |
| originalReception | controversial at premiere → |
| placeInComposerOutput | last opera by Georges Bizet → |
| premiereDate | 1875-03-03 → |
| premiereLocation | Opéra-Comique, Paris, France → |
| publisher | Choudens → |
| setting | Seville, Spain → |
| structure | four acts → |
| theme |
fate
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freedom → jealousy → passion → |
| timePeriod | early 19th century → |
| vocalForces | soloists, chorus, children’s chorus → |
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Carmen is a free-spirited Romani woman
subject surface form:
Blood and Sand (1922 film)
this entity surface form:
Toreador Song (Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre)
this entity surface form:
Carmen (ballet staging)