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The Toreador Song, also known as the Toreador March or March of the Toreadors, is the popular name for the aria " Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre" ("I return your toast to you"), from the French opera Carmen, composed by Georges Bizet to a libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy.
Carmen has since become one of the most popular and frequently performed operas in the classical canon; the "Habanera" and "Seguidilla" from act 1 and the "Toreador Song" from act 2 are among the best known of all operatic arias. The opera is written in the genre of opéra comique with musical numbers separated by dialogue.
In 2008, Bocelli played the role of Don José on stage, opposite Hungarian mezzo-soprano Ildikó Komlósi, as Carmen, at the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, in Rome, for four nights, from June 17 to June 28. [4] [5] [6] Bocelli released the complete opera recording of Carmen, in Italy, in the same year.
Habanera ("music or dance of Havana") is the popular name for "L'amour est un oiseau rebelle" (French pronunciation: [lamuʁ ɛt‿œ̃n‿wazo ʁəbɛl]; "Love is a rebellious bird"), an aria from Georges Bizet's 1875 opéra comique Carmen. It is the entrance aria of the title character, a mezzo-soprano role, in scene 5 of the first act.
Scènes bohémiennes, an orchestral suite made by Bizet in 1874 from his opera La jolie fille de Perth; Suite No. 1 from the above-listed incidental music for Daudet’s L’Arlésienne, compiled in 1872 by Bizet himself; Suite No. 2 from L’Arlésienne, compiled by Guiraud in 1879 after Bizet’s death
Carmen is an 1875 opera by Georges Bizet. Carmen may also refer to: ... "Carmen", a 1971 song by Ronnie Tober; Carmen Brasilia, a 1972 instrumental by Anarchic System
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This is a discography of audio and video recordings of Carmen, a French-language opera by Georges Bizet. The opera premiered at the Opéra-Comique in Paris on 3 March 1875. Carmen is one of the most frequently recorded operas, dating back to a near-complete German acoustical recording in 1908.