Carmen

:For other uses, see Carmen (disambiguation)

Musical Elements

Like many other composers trying to replicate folk-music, Bizet did not actually visit Spain or study Spanish Music. Instead, he fused the Spanish styles with the traditional opera forms to create the music for Carmen. Notable is the Carmen fate theme, shown below:

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Some of the more popular music from the opera include:

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• The Prelude, which is an orchestral version of Voici la quadrille.
• Avec La Garde Montante (With the mounting guard), sung by the street children
• L'amour est un oiseau rebelle (Love is a bird), sung by Carmen and chorus
• Près des remparts de Séville (Seguidilla), sung by Carmen and Don José
• Les tringles de sistres tintaient (Gypsy Song), sung by Carmen, Frasquita and Mercedes
• Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre (Toreador Song), sung by Escamillo and Chorus
• La fleur que tu m'avais jetée (The Flower Song), sung by Don Jose
• Mêlons! Coupons! (Card Playing), sung by Mercedes, Frasquita and Carmen
• Je dis que rien ne m'épouvante (I say that nothing frightens me), sung by Micaëla
• Voici la quadrille! (Here are the cuadrilla!), sung by the Chorus
• C'est toi! C'est moi! (Final Duet), Carmen and Don José