Georges Bizet

Chanson du Toréador

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Celebrated aria, Toréador is taken from Bizet's opera Carmen. The work premiered on March 3, 1875 at the Opéra-Comique in Paris. Originally composed for a bass singer, the piece tells the story of how Escamillo, a handsome toreador, seduces Carmen just as she had seduced Don José, a Basque brigadier. Part of the drama of this opera will be played out between these two men, who will duel for the love of the bohemian.
Thanks to its deliciously pointed rhythms and rousing melody, this piano arrangement will delight lovers of the genre as well as the merely curious.