Habanera carmen bizet maria callas biography
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from Act I of the French opera CARMEN by Georges Bizet
Please, observe Maria Callas during first 2 minutes of prelude... she just stands there but somehow totally dominates the stage, but sheer presence of her persona... and then... she sings... amazing, truly amazing performance of La Divina:
More on Habanera by Georges Bizet and his opera "Carmen" in my other blog; this one with the Toreador Song but let us now go back to Maria Callas and Habanera.
Role : Carmen, a gypsy
Voice Part : mezzo-soprano Fach : lyric mezzo|dramatic mezzo
Setting : A square in Seville
Range : D4 to F#/Gb5.
Tessitura : D4 to D5
Synopsis : After appearing out of the cigarette factory, Carmen seductively sings about love and its unpredictable actions.
English Translation:
Love is a rebellious bird
That nothing can tame,
And it is simply in vain to call it
If it is convient for it to refuse.
Nothing will work, threat or pleading,
One speaks, the other stays quiet;
And it's the other that I prefer
He said nothing; but he pleases me.
Love! Love! Love! Love!
Love is the child of the Bohemian,
It has never, never known any law,
If you don't love me, I love you,
If I love you, keep guard of yourself!
If you don't love me,
If
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Carmen
1875 opera by Georges Bizet
This article is about the opera. For other uses, see Carmen (disambiguation).
Carmen (French:[kaʁmɛn]ⓘ) is an opera in four acts by the French composer Georges Bizet. The libretto was written by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, based on the novella of the same title by Prosper Mérimée. The opera was first performed by the Opéra-Comique in Paris on 3 March 1875, where its breaking of conventions shocked and scandalised its first audiences. Bizet died suddenly after the 33rd performance, unaware that the work would achieve international acclaim within the following ten years. Carmen has since become one of the most popular and frequently performed operas in the classical canon; the "Habanera" and "Seguidilla" from act 1 and the "Toreador Song" from act 2 are among the best known of all operatic arias.
The opera is written in the genre of opéra comique with musical numbers separated by dialogue. It is set in southern Spain and tells the story of the downfall of Don José, a naïve soldier who is seduced by the wiles of the fiery gypsy Carmen. José abandons his childhood sweetheart and deserts from his military duties, yet loses Carmen's love to the glamorous torero Escamillo, after which José kills her in a jealous rage.
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L'amour est evoke oiseau rebelle – Mare Callas, 1961
Maria Callas
1923-1977
Soprano
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