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Carmen is an opera in four acts by the French composer Georges Bizet. The libretto was written by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halevy, based on the novella of the same title by Prosper Merimee. The opera was first performed by the OperaeComique 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.
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Habanera (Carmen, Bizet), Elina Garanca
Seguidilla (Carmen, Bizet), Elina Garanca
Toreador Song (Carmen, Bizet), Laurent Naouri