Bizet - Grundman

Carmen (1873-75)

Duration: 140 minutes
Opera in four acts in the reduced orchestral version by Clare Grundman

Text by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, after Prosper Mérimée's novel, with recitatives by Ernest Guiraud (F,E)

Scoring
Major roles: lyrS,M,T,Bar; minor roles: 2M,T,hBar,Bar,B,2speakers; children's chorus; chorus 1.1.1.1-1.2.1.0-perc(1):timp/tgl/tamb/SD/cast/cym-strings.
Abbreviations (PDF).

Territory
This work is available from Boosey & Hawkes for the world.

World Premiere
3/3/1875
Opera-Comique, Paris
Company: Opera-Comique

Roles

DON JOSÉ, a corporal of dragoons	Tenor
ESCAMILLO, a matador	Baritone
EL DANCAIRO, a smuggler	Tenor
EL REMENDADO, a smuggler	Tenor
ZUNIGA, a captain	Bass
MORALÈS, an officer	Baritone
MICAELA, a peasant girl	Soprano
FRASQUITA, a gipsy	Soprano
MERCÉDÈS, a gipsy	Soprano
CARMEN, a cigarette girl	Mezzo-Soprano
Innkeeper, Guide, Officers, Dragoons, Boys, Cigarette Girls, Gipsies, Smugglers etc	Chorus

Time and Place
Seville, Spain, c.1830

Moods
Dramatic, Romantic, Tragic

Subjects
Relationships, Society