Flower Song

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"Flower Song" (French: "La fleur que tu m’avais jetée") is a famous tenor aria from Georges Bizet’s opera *Carmen*, sung by Don José as a passionate declaration of love.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf musical work
tenor aria
associatedCharacter Carmen NERFINISHED
basedOn novella Carmen by Prosper Mérimée NERFINISHED
cataloguedAs aria from Carmen
characterRelationshipExpressed Don José’s love for Carmen
composer Georges Bizet NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin France
firstPerformanceOpera 3 March 1875
firstPerformanceOperaLocation Opéra-Comique, Paris NERFINISHED
genre opera aria
hasKey B-flat major
language French
librettist Henri Meilhac NERFINISHED
Ludovic Halévy NERFINISHED
notableFor lyrical and passionate declaration of love
notablePerformerVoiceType lyric tenor
operaAct Act II
operaComposer Georges Bizet NERFINISHED
originalWork Carmen NERFINISHED
partOfOpera Carmen NERFINISHED
setting Seville, Spain NERFINISHED
sungByCharacter Don José NERFINISHED
sungInContext Don José recalls the flower Carmen threw to him NERFINISHED
timePeriod Romantic era NERFINISHED
titleInEnglish Flower Song NERFINISHED
titleInFrench La fleur que tu m’avais jetée
vocalRange tenor
voiceType tenor

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