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Carmen - English National Opera Guide 13 (includes libretto)

Carmen - English National Opera Guide 13 (includes libretto) $22.99

Georges Bizet

Published by John Calder Publications

English National Opera Guides are ideal companions to the opera, providing stimulating introductory articles together with the complete text of each opera in English and the original

Carmen is one of the most enduringly popular of all operas and the most successful of Georges Bizet's works

Following its premiere at the Opéra- Comique in Paris in 1875, it went on to be performed at all the major opera houses in the world

With its searing depictions of passion, obsession and jealousy, it has never lost its hold on the opera-going public

This guide has articles which describe the genesis of the opera, its initial failure at its premiere and the various versions in which it went on to conquer the opera stages of Europe and the USA

There are also articles which analyse its appeal, which explore its music and which detail its extensive performance history

The guide has sixteen pages of illustrations, a musical thematic guide, the full libretto and English translation (in both the dialogue and recitative versions), a discography, bibliography, DVD and website guides

REVIEWS

'This is one of the most pleasing Overture Opera Guides to date. They are fast becoming as necessary to a good night at the opera as a ticket in the better parts of the house' ~ BBC Music Magazine

'Brilliantly produced and superb value' ~ The Sunday Times

'Marvellous ... the best books of their kind.' Hugh Canning

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