Poor Bizet who died without knowing the success of this Opera. Now it's the opera which is the most plays in the world. It is so sad this poor artists who can't have success and glory in their life but the recognizance come after their death...
Part of genius is being ahead of ones time, whether because people are unable to grasp the nature of ones art, or because they are simply unwilling to hear it. With few exceptions, those who are appreciated in their own time are the gifted who pander to convention.
in case anyone cares, here are the full credits: Carmen: Béatrice Uria-Monzon Don José: Sergei Larin Micaela: Norah Amsellem Escamillo: Gino Quilico Zuniga: Frank Ferrari Moralès: LeRoy Villanueva Mercédès: Doris Lamprecht Frasquita: Juanita Lascarro Le Dancaïre: Franck Leguerinel Le Remendado: Georges Gautier Lillas Pastia: Maurice Antoni Le Guide: Denis Benoliel Andres: Denis Aubry Danseurs: Bégona del Valle, Marc Leclercq, Paolo Ferri Comédiens mimes: Véronique Lecuyer, Laurent Brechet, Philippe Paese, Stéphane Troadec L’orchestre et les choeurs de l’Opéra National de Paris Maîtrise des Hauts de Seine Choeurs d’enfants de l’Opéra National de Paris Direction musicale: Frédéric Chaslin Mise en scène: Alfredo Arias Décors: Roberto Plate Costumes: Françoise Tournafond Lumières: Jacques Rouveyrollis Choréographie: Ana Yepes Chef des choeurs: Denis Dubois Etudes musicales: Pierre Vallet Réalisation: Yvon Gerault Production déléguée: Béatrice Dupont Les equipes de L’Opéra National de Paris Directeur: Hugues R. Gall Directeur technique: Gilles Modolo DIrecteur technique adjoint: Stefano Pace Directeur de la scène: Christophe Seuferle Régie générale de production: Sylvie Dubois Régie technique de production: Christian Martin Chef de production lumière: Philippe Albaric Responsable habillement: Catherine Morineau Responsable perruques et maquillages: Birgit Arnst Responsable audiovisuel: Denis Morliere Coproduction executive: France 3 Production Marsseille, Céline Baruch Chargé de production: Christian Garreau Assisté de: Marie-Hélène McDonald Chef de car: Christian Gordillo Ingénieurs de la vision: Jacques Laurent, Claude Meurisse Opérateur magnéto: Ludovic Pouyat Ingénieur du son: Christian Mouttet Assisté de: Auguste Devellis Chef éclairagiste: Richard Martini Chef machiniste: Jean Loubieres Machinistes: Jean-François Giordano, Georice Venier, Fabrice Turbil Opérateurs de prise de vue: Maurice Auriat, Isabelle Frelat, Dominique Jouannest, Jean Nocerra, Hubert Passot, Guy Perra, Alain Revelle Enregistrement musical Radio France Directeur artistique: Jean-Pierre Loisil Ingénieur du son: Pascal Besnard Assisté de: Jean-Michel Bernot, Christian Koeller Post-production: Jean-Michel Bernot, Alain Joubert Stagiaire: Vérène Valat RD Studio Productions Scripte: Christiane Habozit Conseillére musicale: Madeleine Simoni Maquilleuse: Brigitte Damien Assistant réalisateur: Jean-Claude Mallet Régisseur général: Paul Savonitto Assistante de production: Rose-Hélène Ducassou Directeur de production: Pierre Moitron Directeur de la photographie: Pierre Dupouey Monteur: Philippe Baillon Réalisateur: Yvon Gerault Productrice déléguée: Béatrice Dupont Une production RD Studio por La Sept, ARTE, France 3, Opera National De Paris, Radio France avec la participation du Centre National de la Cinématographie et le soutien de la Procirep
Thanks! We do care. I saw Amsellem often when she was a student in the Merola Program at SF Opera in the late '90's. Outstanding voice and presence. I have memorized most of the libretto after hearing the opera many times. The best production was by Pierre Ponelle at SFO. Brilliant producer. He worked with Kurt Adler, a symbiosis of operatic genius!
5:26 Sur la place, Chacun passe 10:41Avec la garde montante 20:54 Habanera 28:54 Parle moi de ma mère 38:42 Au secours! 45:45 Près des remparts de Seville 50:32 Voici l'orde 54:34 Les tringles des sistres tintaient 1:01:01 Vivat le toreador! 1:02:05 Toreador 1:08:31 Eh bien! Vite, quelles nouvelles. Nous avons tete un affaire 1:41:12 Trio de cartes 1:48:39 Eh bien! 2:13:46 A deux cuartos!
Pour les plus jeunes (et même les plus vieux) qui n’aiment pas : gardez à l’esprit que la chose la plus importante que vous devez garder ou développer dans la vie, c’est LA CURIOSITÉ !pourquoi ? Car la curiosité amène l’ouverture d’esprit, cela va vous amener à sortir de votre zone de confort- donc à découvrir d’autres trucs, d’autres personnes, d’autres pays, d’autres cultures, et dans la vie, c’est ce qu’il y a de plus important! Le cas contraire, ça vous renferme sur vous même, ne vous ouvre pas aux autres, au Monde qui vous entoure, ce qui peut créer de l’isolement, du mépris même de la haine avec le temps. Donc si tu préfères le rap, essaye toi à l’opéra ou autre, et inversement si tu adores l’opéra, écoute du rap, ça va t’ouvrir à d’autres gens qui ne te ressemble pas forcément mais c’est ça le sens de la vie, s’ouvrir aux autres ❤️
That's the thing about music, about opera, about art... You don't have to speak that language to understand what is all about. And that why I love it so much. Bravo. 💛
Absolutely! When Sesame Street cribbed off Carmen with their animated short in the 70's or 80's, it was clear the story was about an orange with a rubber band for a mouth who shrieked so fiercely of love that its face literally flew off! Truly a relatable story as old as time itself, universally understandable regardless of ones native tongue.
That may be true for some orchestral works, but knowing at least the libretto enhances the experience greatly, eg. La Boheme 2 act winter scene, Buterfly aria last scene, etc. Try finding a subtitled performance and at the second third hearing u will appreciate the difference.
@@senadistik1208 oof same, I came here for an opera analysis that's supposed to be submitted a week ago. But what's great is I'll be enjoying watching this first before all the encoding work ❤️
At least your diversions have value! It's not like you're playing video games, after all. Once, during finals, I decided by car battery desperately needed to be scrubbed with baking soda and a toothbrush. The perfect mindless break. Sometimes playing music while studying makes me remember what I was studying by remembering the music, BTW. You can make it work for you. Also, taking your mind off of it temporarily then going back to it is sometimes a useful trick...
I had a wonderful French teacher when I was 13 or 14, and she let us listen to this wonderful opera. We analyzed the libretto, which may seem very advanced but in fact the French in Carmen isn't so difficult. Ever since then I have loved this opera. I met an old school mate who doesn't listen to classical music, but he said that he loved Carmen because of this gifted teacher. His parents never introduced him to opera. He said that he always "hums" lyrics from Carmen even though he has forgotten what they mean. I love when childhood memories really stick to you. And carmen is full of hits!
Entre faire de l'opéra et écrire dans un Français de notre temps ce n'est pas la même chose...Le grammaire et les exception au niveau de l'écriture fait de cette langue une beauté de langage 😅❤❤❤
Oui c’est vrai . D’ailleurs je déteste quand les costumes son réduits à nos habits de tout les jours. Plus aucune recherche. Je trouve que l’œuvre devrait toujours être joué comme le compositeur l’avait imaginé.
Je suis d'accord avec vous, on en a marre des production modernisées. Cela dit, ces bohèmiennes "enivrèes" de la scène chez Lilas Pastia était comme fraichement sorties du couvent.
Belle mise en scène. Parfaite direction. Sublime Beatrice Uria Monzon ! L'ensemble des artistes sont remarquables. Les coeurs parfaits. Que demander de plus ? Un régal de bout en bout.
I don’t understand French, but it’s the best opera I have ever heard. I feel really strange emotions... some water appears on my eyes))))))))))) to beautiful magnificent work
we were inspired by this version for our jazz quintet, to see on carmen in jazz ! !! very nice opera! singers musicians conductors exceptional thanks! nous avons été inspirés par cette version pour notre quintet jazz, à voir sur carmen in jazz ! ! !! très bel opéra ! des chanteurs musiciens chefs d'orchestre exceptionnels merci !
George Bizet never lived to see Carmen become world famous. He died way too young. Now the toreador song and the Habenera are featured in commercials and numerous movies such as The Bad News Bears.
I've heard the music from Carmen for years, and today decided to watch the opera. This is the first opera I've ever watched, and it was wonderful! Had to read the English to fully understand what was happening, though. I appreciate the comments saying Sergei and Beatrice are the best because it means I've watched the best version!
Aaah ! merci "confinement" ; quel bonheur d'avoir tout mon temps pour écouter mes opéras favoris 😊 hum... d'aucun aurait cru la culture "non-essentielle" ? 😂
Una Carmen con todos sus atributos. Beatrice ,de origen español y nacimiento frances, con conocimiento profundo y natural del personaje, nos deja una Carmen de referencia. Su timbre de mezzo, su amplitud de registro, su diccion clara..... ¡¡¡Genial la Carmen de Beatrice. ¡¡¡
Шедеврально! На века... Вот, если бы ещё "Ютуба" Всемогущая не изгаживала всё рекламными вставками(да ещё и с другим уровнем звука), то вообще можно было бы слушать круглосуточно.
it kinda makes sens that the authors were recognized after their death. Before, the opera was canceled because Carmen was so disturbing in her role that people leaved the opera and screamed at her, even the womans were shocked by her attitude just the first second she sings. Womans weren't supposed to act like that, she was so rebellious and free to do whatever she wanted, and of course to have a relationship with someone before the marriage, which was unacceptable. But that's what makes the Opera so interesting.
@@bruh7130 that's how it work back then. Normally, men choosed their woman, or it was the parents of their daughter that choose for her, if she liked of not
You can search and read the translation of the words so that you can better understand the action. I have listened to this opera over 30 times and continue to love the beauty of the music and the voices.
Oui et certaines DIVA comme L PRICE chante l’air de MICAELA comme une SOPRANO DRAMATIQUE LIMITE MEZZO ET SURE D’ELLE MICAELA est SOPRANO LYRIQUE et fragile iciPRICE EST PLUS CARMEN DONT ELLE CHANTE LA HABANERA Eluzalyrics
Les œuvre comme ça c'est un gros respect les ignorants essayez d'imaginer combien de tant ils on pris pour jouer cette pièce à la perfection regardez y'a des enfants quand même !
Fun fact: I’m playing this to a store full of people. At my work we’re allowed to play family-friendly music and I’ve been shuffling indie pop for the last six hours and wanted something calmer. I do like opera but, only ever listen to Tosca or La Bohème, then I was like “wait isn’t there an opera called Carmen everyone is always talking about?” And searched it. This is a good opera!
CARMEN is a musical masterpiece but hardly a "family friendly" story. Its all about illicit sex, tragic fate and violent death(and includes on-stage smoking!). However, its sung in French so everyone hums along with the wonderful music .If you want "family friendly" go to Mozart's "Magic Flute" (Die Zauberflote)- really...
I'm glad you shared this high level music with folks who probably would not listen to opera otherwise! No one needs to know the gritty plot details - it's still family friendly!
j'ai 14 ans maintenant et j'apprends le francais dans mon ecole mais je suis singapourienne. j'adore les operas, et il y a deux ans je joue un enfant dans cet opera
My freshman year of high school we played pieces from this opera as our matching show and now my junior year we're playing a Christmas piece for our Christmas concert that has music from carmen