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Carmen(Hartmann)

Carmen(Hartmann)

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Composer, arranger and Pianist, Bizet might have become the most renowned opera composer in France had he not died aged 36, just one month after the premiere of Carmen. He was admitted to the Paris Conservatoire in 1848 and excelled under the tutelage of Zimmerman, Halévy and Gounod, as well as winning major prizes, including the Prix de Rome in 1857. After travels in Italy, he settled back in Paris and, while struggling to secure commissions for his operas, worked as a rehearsal pianist and an arranger of works for piano. His first staged work, Les pêcheurs de perles, was premiered at the Théâtre Lyrique in 1863 and met with a hostile press, but itimpressed Berlioz and the director of the theatre, Léon Carvalho, would become a firm supporter. More successful were La jolie fille de Perth (1866), his suite from the incidental music to L’Arlésienne (1872), and his Jeux d’enfants for piano duet.> In Carmen, the scandalous story and Bizet’s depiction of the tragic heroine both outraged and intrigued, and the opera ran for 47 performances in its first year and soon spread internationally. The music was a fulfilment of his genius for characterisation that had been seen in glimpses in his earliest works, and the abundance of memorable tunes and fine orchestration continues to inspire generations of singers and musicians
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Binding:
Paperback
Release Date:
2017-12-20
Publication Date:
2017-12-20
Publisher:
Music Sales Ltd
Languages:
Published: English, Original: English
ISBN10:
178558264X
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