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In a letter dated October 1866, French composer George Bizet (1838 - 1875) went straight to the point of opera: "As a musician I tell you that if you were to suppress adultery, fanaticism, crime, evil, the supernatural, there would no longer be the means for writing one note."
The opera prodigy and gifted pianist sprinkled far more of the human experience into his much loved opera, Carmen. It is arguably still the world's most popular opera one hundred and thirty-five years after his death from a heart attack at just thirty-six years of age. As a staged spectacular it was an opera that pioneered the grittiness of real life characters and events. From Carmen flowed a new genre of opera which set the scene for Mascagni's Cavallaria Rusticana, Leoncavallo's Pagliacci, and Puccini's La Boheme. Fly on the wall stuff, it was the forerunner to today's television soap operas. This is real life warts and all.
Questionable Morality
Carmen is the story of a beautiful coquettish factory worker of questionable morality. By feminine guile she uses, abuses and seduces her way through a rich tapestry of gypsies, thieves, soldiers and smugglers. Her flirtatiousness finally brings the seductress to a sticky end at the point of a dagger wielded by her jealous lover: The finale of this nail-biting drama takes place outside the arena as her bullfighter lover triumphs over his bovine adversary.
George Bizet was a handsome bearded man not unlike his contemporary Peter Tchaikovsky. This French composer of Spain's most celebrated musical masterpiece delighted in his own compositions but was bemused when they never won hearts and minds. He for his part failed to fully appreciate Carmen, which did earn considerable acclaim and made him a household name throughout the world.
A Wretched Profession
It is a mystery how the young Bizet could consider Carmen a flop. From the start he had been paid the considerable sum of 25,000 francs, and been awarded the Chevalier of the legion d'honneur. His risque opera received an impressive 37 performances. Had he lived just another three months he would have seen Carmen triumph and within three years it was playing to packed houses throughout the world. "Ah music!" he is quoted as saying: "What a beautiful art but what a wretched profession."
Bizet was hardly a one opera wonder though it cannot be denied that Carmen was more of a success than his lesser known opera, The Pearl Fishers. Its celebrated duet Les Pecheurs de Perles (In the Depths of the Temple) has on a number of occasions been voted by radio listeners as their all time favourite piece of classical music. For sheer musical whimsy Bizet's music set to the Alphonse Daudet's play L'arlesienne takes some beating.
Better than Mozart
This self effacing composer joined the echelon of history's greatest composers from quite an early age. Before reaching his eighteenth birthday he had composed his first symphony, which is said to rival anything composed by Mozart or Mendelssohn when they were still teenagers. He had also won a competition sponsored by the theatre impresario Jacques Offenbach, and later awarded the coveted Prix de Rome. Gustav Mahler, one of the greatest orchestral composers of all time considered George Bizet's Djamileh a masterpiece.
Such was the man who on his death bed considered himself to be a failure. At the last count there have been fourteen screen versions of Carmen not to mention the famous Hammerstein stage adaptation Carmen Jones (1945). One can only wonder what this remarkable composer might consider success.
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325,000 Francs $63.65 Includes the full French text. Notes and a detailed introduction in English put the work in its social and historical context. Author: Vailland, Roger/ Nott, David Series Title: Twentieth Century Texts Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 217 Publication Date: 1990/06/27 Language: French Dimensions: 8.00 x 5.06 x 0.56 inches |
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Childeric Roi Des Francs... $36.1 This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfectionssuch as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed worksworldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to ensure edition identification: ++++ Childeric Roi Des Francs Anne-Marie de Beaufort D'Hautpoul Cocheris, 1806 |
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Les Francs Macons by Anonymous [Paperback] $43.75 This is a pre1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. Author: Anonymous Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 560 Publication Date: 2011/08/03 Language: English Dimensions: 9.69 x 7.44 x 1.14 inches Large Print |
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