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Carmen

English

By (author): Georges Bizet

Translated by: J. Moody, N. Moody

Bizet describes himself as 'pagan', and Carmen has a savage Mediterranean beauty quite unique in music. The essays included in this guide suggest some reasons for its legendary theatrical appeal. Martin Cooper describes the traditional mixture of spoken words and song that stimulated Bizet to exclaim, 'I want to revolutionize opera-comique!': the translators show the ingenious and inspired ways in which he set about it. Lesley Wright analyses the score and Michael Rabaud shows the uncanny appropriateness of Nietzche's support for Bizet in his famous attacks on the decadence of Wagner. This is the first time that the complete text of the verses that Bizet set to music and the full dialogue (much of it especially translated for this Opera Guide), have ever been published. Contents: Introduction, Nicholas John; Opera-Comique, Martin Cooper; A Musical Commentary, Lesley A. Wright; 'Carmen': A tragedy oflove, sun and death, Michel Rabaud; Carmen: French text by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halevy after the novel by Prosper Merimee; Carmen: English version by Nell and John Moody See more
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Product Details
  • Weight: 184g
  • Dimensions: 140 x 215mm
  • Publication Date: 07 Feb 2011
  • Publisher: Alma Books Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9780714544175

About Georges Bizet

Georges Bizet (1838-1875) was a French composer of great brilliance and originality but who never lived to see the success of his work. In addition to Carmen his operas include Les Pecheurs de perles and La Jolie Fille de Perth. He died aged thirty-six three months after failure of the Paris premiere of Carmen.

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