Georges Bizet: Carmen: Voice

Georges BizetCarmenOpera in three actsCritical new edition with the recitatives later composed by Ernest GuiraudFull score (AE129) and vocal score (AE129-90) available for salePerformance material availale for hire AE129-72

Classical Guitar Arrangements from Bizet's Opera Carmen. One might think that it would be impossible to arrange the music of Georges Bizet?s opera, Carmen, for solo classic guitar, but Néstor Ausqui has done it! While the guitar is an intimate and sweet-sounding instrument, it does not have a broad dynamic range; yet, as Dionisio Aguado proclaimed in his Nuevo Método para Guitarra of 1843, the classic guitar?s expansive palette of tone color gives it the ability to emulate ?a miniature orchestra?. These characteristics make the guitar the ideal instrument to reflect both the character and sensuality of the dances that occur throughout Bizet?s Carmen?Aragonaise, Habanera, Seguidillas, and Danse Bohéme?as well as Carmen?s sober ?Chant de la Mort?. Recommended for the advanced guitarist, Carmen Suite is written in standard notation with extensive digitation and occasional drop-D tuning. In Néstor Ausqui?s Carmen Suite, ??the guitar both sings like a human voice and accompanies itself, giving the work an irrefutable guitar identity. The characteristic feeling manifested in Spanish dance is now expressed through the guitar with a full and defined instrumental singularity.? ? Guillermo Rene? Alvarez Musicologist, Professor at the Instituto Superior de Mu?sica, Universidad Nacional del Litoral-Argentina

Carmen is the famous Opera by Georges Bizet acclaimed for its incredible songs and accurate depiction of emotion. This is the sheet music for the opening number Choeur Des Gamins arranged for Piano and Voice. The Opera is based on the novel by Prosper Mérimée with lyrics by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy. The performance is in the 'opéra comique' genre meaning musical numbers are interrupted by dialogue allowing the Opera to bridge the gap between comic musicality and serious realism. Sadly Georges Bizet?passed away before he was able to experience Carmen's worldwidepopularity. With this Carmen?sheet music you can play and perform the Chorus of Urchins a brilliant song on its own or as part of the entire Opera.

Ob Laie oder Profi - beliebte Arien des Don José (Tenor) aus George Bizets ?Carmen' jetzt auch in der kritischen Studienausgabe mit originalem Klavierauszug: übersichtliche Gestaltung mit singbarer deutscher Übersetzung des Textes für ein besseres Rollenverständnis. / Tenor Et Piano

Ob Laie oder Profi - beliebte Arien für Bariton aus George Bizets ?Carmen' jetzt auch in der kritischen Studienausgabe mit originalem Klavierauszug: übersichtliche Gestaltung mit singbarer deutscher Übersetzung des Textes für ein besseres Rollenverständnis. / Baryton Et Piano

Although almost unanimously condemned by contemporary Parisian critics for its overt sexuality and graphic final scene Carmen ultimately reached the public in a way that perhaps no other opera has. Bizet's aim (with Meilhac and Halevy who wrote the libretto) had been to transform the flaccid moralistic bourgeois genre of opéra comique into a more sophisticated type of staged work and he seems to have suceeded in Carmen. Each character has a musical significance and a unique expressive idiom the ultimate example being the dangerous exotic sensual Carmen herself depicted by an exotic and sinewy chromatic motive that also implies the insurmountable power of fate. Ina classic plot device she is contrasted with the 'good girl' of the opera Micaela whose main aria is set in the ternary form of the elevated bel canto French Grand Opera aria to imply her traditionally 'ladylike' retiring nature. Don José's musical styles reflect different levels in his descent from dutiful soldier to the underworld of obsession. This is the Schirmer edition of the Vocal Score with an English translation by Ruth and Thomas Martin.

Bizet's ever-popular Habanera from the opera Carmen is presented here in its original piano/vocal form but with a newly translated English lyric as well as the original French lyric. Expertly engraved and edited this edition is a must for your piano/vocal library.