Carmen
(1873-75)Opera in four acts in the reduced orchestral version by Clare Grundman
Duration: 140'
Music Text
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
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Opera
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Publisher
Boosey & Hawkes
Territory
This work is available from Boosey & Hawkes
for the world.
Availability
World Premiere
03/03/1875
Opera-Comique, Paris
Opera-Comique
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