Carmen [With 2] - Hardcover

MEILHAC, HENRI

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0789207192 ISBN 13: 9780789207197

Verlag: ABBEVILLE PR, 2001

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Book by Bizet Georges Meilhac Henri Halevy Ludovic

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Reseña del editor:

Georges Bizet's final opera, "Carmen", has become one of the best-known plots with the most memorable of music, despite its initial rejection by Paris critics following its "scandalous" 1875 premiere at the Opera-Comique, a theatre known for works of a lighter flavour. Basing their work on Prosper Merimee's novella, librettists Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halevy have fashioned a timeless story of love, jealousy, and violence in the Spanish city of Seville, all set into motion by Carmen, a seductive, free-spirited femme fatale. The artist Davide Pizzigoni has created a stage for the imagination with richly allusive illustrations that capture the exotic spirit of the Spanish setting. J.D. McClatchy's fluid translation of the libretto allows the listener full appreciation of Bizet's swift and lustrous score.

Biografía del autor:

Georges Bizet was a French composer, mainly of operas. In a career cut short by his early death, he achieved few successes before his final work, Carmen, became one of the most popular and frequently performed works in the entire opera repertory.

J. D. McClatchy is Poetry Editor of "The Yale Review", and his poems, essays, and reviews appear regularly in "The New Republic, The New Yorker" and "The New York Times Book Review".

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• Verlag: ABBEVILLE PR
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0789207192
• ISBN 13: 9780789207197
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 220