Opera Explained: Bizet - Carmen - CD

Georges Bizet

An Introduction to … BIZET Carmen

 

1. Carmen - the master work

00:02:26

 

2. The duet from The Pearl Fishers

00:01:59

 

3. Bizet's career showed early promise

00:02:28

 

4. The Prelude to Carmen

00:01:24

 

5. The 'fate' or 'destiny' theme

00:03:26

 

6. The voices of the four main protagonists - Micaëla

00:00:17

 

7. Carmen

00:00:18

 

8. Don José

00:00:19

 

9. Escamillo

00:00:52

 

10. The sun-baked square in Seville

00:04:02

 

11. Carmen: L'amour est un oiseau rebelle - the Habanera

00:03:25

 

12. Duet - Micaëla and Carmen

00:05:42

 

13. Près des ramparts de Seville

00:02:44

 

14. Act II Lillas Pastia's tavern

00:04:40

 

15. Escamillo: Votre toast

00:01:09

 

16. Escamillo: Toreador's Song

00:02:18

 

17. The smugglers' quintet

00:02:50

 

18. Carmen sings for Don José

00:03:05

 

19. Don José: La fleur que tu m'avais jetée

00:02:07

 

20. Act III

00:03:27

 

21. Mercédès and Frasquita play cards

00:03:00

 

22. Micaëla: Ja dis que rien ne m'épouvante

00:02:36

 

23. Act IV

00:01:44

 

24. March of the Toreadors

00:01:18

 

25. Escamillo: Si tu m'aimes, Carmen

00:02:27

 

26. The fate motif

00:05:36