Bizet finished his most famous and most popular piece of work, the opera 'Carmen', in 1874. The 'Habanera' from Act I and the 'Toreador Song' from Act II of 'Carmen' are now two of the best known ...
Listen: Bizet's 'Habanera' and 'Toreador Song' from 'Carmen Suite No 2'Listen: Bizet's 'Habanera' and 'Toreador Song' from 'Carmen Suite No 2' ...
toreador’s dressing room) mirrors well the dualism of Bizet’s score. For an opera which failed at its first performance but which is now among the world’s most oft-performed music-dramas ...
for the toreador Escamillo, was conceived in 1845 — 180 years ago — by French writer Prosper Mérimée. Then, 150 years ago, in 1875, French composer Georges Bizet turned Mérimée’s novella ...