Près des remparts de Séville

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Près des remparts de Séville is a lively seguidilla aria sung by Carmen in Georges Bizet’s opera "Carmen," showcasing her flirtatious and free-spirited character.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf aria
musical work
seguidilla
associatedWork Carmen (opera) NERFINISHED
basedOnAuthorOfOperaSource Prosper Mérimée NERFINISHED
basedOnSourceWorkOfOpera Carmen (novella) NERFINISHED
cataloguedWithOpera Bizet’s Carmen catalogue
characterTraitExpressed flirtatious
free-spirited
composer Georges Bizet NERFINISHED
dramaticFunction seduction of Don José NERFINISHED
dramaticOutcome convinces Don José to let Carmen escape
firstPerformanceOpera 1875
firstPerformancePlaceOpera Opéra-Comique, Paris NERFINISHED
genre opera aria
key A minor (commonly performed)
language French
librettistOfOpera Henri Meilhac NERFINISHED
Ludovic Halévy NERFINISHED
lyricalTheme freedom
promise of a rendezvous
temptation
musicalForm seguidilla
notableRecordingArtist Agnes Baltsa NERFINISHED
Elīna Garanča NERFINISHED
Maria Callas NERFINISHED
Teresa Berganza NERFINISHED
operaAct Act I
orchestration orchestra accompaniment
originalTitleLanguage French
partOfOpera Carmen NERFINISHED
performanceContext standard excerpt in Carmen highlights
placeInDramaturgy after Carmen’s arrest
setting Seville NERFINISHED
singerInteractsWithCharacter Don José NERFINISHED
sungByCharacter Carmen NERFINISHED
tempoCharacter lively
timeSignature triple meter
typicalPerformanceLanguage original French
vocalRange mezzo-soprano range
vocalType mezzo-soprano

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Seguidilla (Près des remparts de Séville) alsoKnownAs Près des remparts de Séville
Seguidilla (Près des remparts de Séville) openingWords Près des remparts de Séville