Carmen: Opera

“Carmen”, as one of the most famous operas in the world, has been performed many times in many different troupes. This 4-act opera represents the highest achievement of the 19th century French opera-comique. After Bizet died, “Carmen” finally became the classical performance canonized by the professionals and music fans.
George Bizet (1838 – 1875) was a French composer and Pianist of Romantic era, whose the most prominent work being “Carmen”. In his young age he went to the Paris Conservatory of Music to learn music. His most famous composition, “Carmen” written in 1875 the same year before he died. It was performed again after Bizet died, and achieved one of the best operas and the mostly performed opera in the opera history.
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In this piece, Bizet creates an image of languid, sensual, passionate affect aided by the decrescendo of the chromatic scale, which moves in free rhythm. This is not only a portrait of Carmen, but also the presentation of her position in life, a kind of "declaration" free love. Up to the third act characteristic of Carmen is sustained in the same - the dance genre - plan. It is given in a series of songs and dances penetrated by intonations and rhythms of Gypsy folklore. In the interrogation scene Carmen sings a Spanish song, and performs it unaccompanied, boldly and mocking in the form couplet, as in the Habanera.
The most significant characteristic of Carmen is in action I – Seguidilla, the dance song. Seguidilla distinguishes Carmen with unique Spanish flavor, which employs major and minor tonality with guitar accompaniment. This number is not purely a solo due to the inclusion of replicas by Jose, which turns it into dialogic scene. The finale of Act I replays the same melody as in Habanera. The Entracte employs adagio tempo military melody it employs the same melody that was introduced in Prelude. The music features solo bassoons, clarinet, flute; and all sharing the same