The title role in Bizet's Carmen was originally performed by French mezzo-soprano Galli-Marié (pictured). Whilst Bizet's opera is the most famous depiction of this story, it was based on a novella by Prosper Mérimée. Since then there have been numerous interpretations of this compelling and passionate tale.
Since then numerous performers have played Carmen in an array of interpretations. The story of Carmen has been reimagined with an all black cast in Carmen Jones, set to hip hop in an MTV production starring Beyonce, set in South Africa and many other interpretations.
The Opera
Category: File - :Georges Bizet - Rosabel Morrison - Carmen poster.png|thumb|Poster from a c. 1896 American production
Carmen is a French opéra comique by Georges Bizet. The libretto is by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, based on the novella of the same title by Prosper Mérimée, first published in 1845,The novella was first published in 1845 in serial form in La Revue des Deux Mondes, and in book form in 1847 (from French Wikipedia page). itself influenced by the narrative poem The Gypsies (1824) by Alexander Pushkin.Hammond A. Music Note in programme for Carmen. Royal Opera House Covent...
The Composer
Georges Bizet (25 October 1838 - 3 June 1875) was a French composer and pianist of the Romantic era. He is best known for the opera Carmen.
The Novella
"Carmen" is a novella by Prosper Mérimée written and first published in 1845. It has been adapted into a number of dramatic works, including the famous opera by Georges Bizet.
The Author
Category: File - :Merimee.jpg|thumb|right|175px|Prosper Mérimée.
Prosper Mérimée (28 September 1803 ? 23 September 1870) was a French dramatist, historian, archaeologist, and short story writer. He is perhaps best known for his novella Carmen, which became the basis of Bizet's opera Carmen.
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:This article is about the 1954 film. For the stage production on which it is based, see Carmen Jones.
Carmen Jones is a 1954 American musical film produced and directed by Otto Preminger. The screenplay by Harry Kleiner is based on the libretto for the 1943 stage production of the same name by Oscar Hammerstein II, which was inspired by an adaptation of the 1845 Prosper Mérimée novella Carmen by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy. Hammerstein also wrote the lyrics to music composed by Georges Bizet for his 1875 opera.
In 1992, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."
Carmen Jones
The Musical
Carmen Jones is a 1943 Broadway musical, later made into a 1954 musical film; the play also ran for a season in 1991 at London's Old Vic and most recently in London's Royal Festival Hall in the Southbank Centre in 2007southbankcentre.co.uk/carmenjones, Carmen Jones at the Royal Festival Hall in London (25th July - 2nd September 2007). It is an updating of the Georges Bizet opera Carmen in an African American setting. (Bizet's opera was, in turn, based on the 1846 novella by Prosper Mérimée.) The Broadway musical was produced by Billy Rose, using an all-black cast, and directed by Hassard Sho...
The Car Man
Matthew Bourne
'Matthew Bournes The Car Man' is a ballet by British choreographer Matthew Bourne. It previewed for the first time on 16 May 2000 at the Theatre Royal in Plymouth, England, and was subsequently staged at the Old Vic in London in September of that year.
The music for the ballet is based on Russian composer Rodion Shchedrins Bolshoi Ballet version of Georges Bizet's opera Carmen (1875), with additional music by composer Terry Davies. However, the story differs completely from the plot of the opera. Instead, it is loosely based on James M. Cain's novel The Postman Always Rings Twice (1934), and th...
U-Carmen eKhayelitsha
U-Carmen eKhayelitsha is a 2005 South African operatic film directed and produced by Mark Dornford-May.
U-Carmen eKhayelitsha Clip
U-Carmen eKhayelitsha
Trailer of U-Carmen eKhayelitsha, a Xhosa adaptation of Bizet's opera Carmen.





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Carmen: A Hip Hopera
Carmen: A Hip Hopera is a 2001 musical film produced for television by MTV and directed by Robert Townsend. The film stars Beyoncé Knowles, Mos Def, Rah Digga, Wyclef Jean, Mekhi Phifer, Da Brat, Joy Bryant, Jermaine Dupri and Lil' Bow Wow. It is based upon Georges Bizet's opera, Carmen, set in Philadelphia and Los Angeles in modern times, and features a mostly original hip-hop/R&B score in place of Bizet's opera.
The movie received mainly negative reviews. To date, it is the second major attempt at an African-American adaptation of the opera, the first being the 1943 Broadway musical Carmen Jones and its 1954 Academy Award nominated and box office hit film adaptation.
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