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O Ma Carmen: Bizet's Fateful Gypsy in Portrayals from 1875 to the Present

O Ma Carmen: Bizet's Fateful Gypsy in Portrayals from 1875 to the Present

Villamil, Victoria Etnier

Paperback

Opera

ISBN10: 1476663246
ISBN13: 9781476663241
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Published: Aug 18 2017
Pages: 228
Weight: 0.65
Height: 0.50 Width: 5.90 Depth: 8.90
Language: English

Qu'est-ce que c'est? (What is it?) mezzo-soprano Celestine Galli-Marie asked when offered the title role in the 1875 premier of Bizet's new opera, Carmen. She was only the first in a long line of performers to ask. In the 140+ years since, each singer has crafted her own portrayal of the inscrutable Gypsy. The famous soprano Geraldine Farrar wrote: Each one of us probably sees something that the others have not seen--or thinks she does--and that 'something' is her individual Carmen. This book explores the history of operatic portrayals of Bizet's elusive enchantress, tracing the development of vocal and dramatic interpretations from generation to generation around the globe.

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