Georges Bizet
Carmen Suite
Suite from the Opera
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Georges Bizet
Carmen Suite
Suite from the Opera
- Instrumentation Concert Band
- Composer Georges Bizet
- Editor Douglas McLain
- Series Baton Orchestral
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Difficulty Level
- Edition Score
- Publisher Baton Music
- Order no. BTM556SC
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Description:
Nowadays, "Carmen" is probably the most famous opera in the whole opera-repertoire, although its premiere in 1875 was a great disappointment because of the misunderstanding of the very realistic plot: the conservative and bourgeois Paris opera-public couldn't accept the independent and amoral character of "Carmen", the leading figure of this "Opera Lyrique". The public wanted to see the heavy emotions more on a distance by gods or noble personages, rather than by people of flesh and blood. "Carmen" was the first great realistic and naturalistic opera and an important predecessor of the "Verismo"-movement that dominated the Italian opera in the second half of the 19th century. This suite in 6 movements contains the most beautiful music from Bizet's Opera: "Prelude", "Chorus of the Street Urchins", "Entr acte I", "Entr acte II", "Entr acte III" and the "Gypsy Song"