{"product_id":"carmen-in-full-score-paperback","title":"Carmen in Full Score - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGeorges Bizet\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen he first heard \u003ci\u003eCarmen, \u003c\/i\u003e Tchaikovsky enthusiastically predicted it would become the world's most popular opera. Wagner, too, was an admirer of this dramatic masterpiece, and Brahms claimed to have seen it 29 times. At its premiere in Paris in 1873, however, \u003ci\u003eCarmen\u003c\/i\u003e did not succeed with the public or the critics. Indeed, it created a scandal. But in time, as Tchaikovsky foresaw, it would become the favorite opera of audiences worldwide. And in over a century \u003ci\u003eCarmen\u003c\/i\u003e has never relinquished its position as one of the most performed and recorded operas in the repertoire.\u003cbr\u003eConceived and composed as an \u003ci\u003eopèra comique\u003c\/i\u003e (a genre it completely transformed), \u003ci\u003eCarmen\u003c\/i\u003e was converted after Bizet's tragic early death to grand opera with the addition of recitatives composed by Ernest Guiraud. This superbly produced full-score edition replicates this grand-opera version, the one most commonly produced on operatic stages today.\u003cbr\u003eAccustomed to the light and sentimental subjects and conventions of \u003ci\u003eopèra comique, \u003c\/i\u003e Bizet's public and critics were at first horrified by \u003ci\u003eCarmen\u003c\/i\u003e's lurid plot and characters. Critics pronounced its story, dominated by sexual passion and jealousy, too obscene for the stage, called for the mezzo-soprano portraying Carmen to be hauled into court, and disparaged the music as unoriginal and undramatic. Soon, fortunately, this hysteria subsided, further productions were mounted, and the world embraced this towering music drama with its compelling flesh-and-blood characters and the tragic fate their unruly passions make inevitable.\u003cbr\u003eMusicians and music lovers alike will find in this inexpensive yet well-made edition an ideal way to study and savor the unique merits of \u003ci\u003eCarmen, \u003c\/i\u003e whose central struggle is so movingly expressed and advanced in the rich and dramatic themes and textures of the music itself, not merely in the libretto. With this score in hand, they can enjoy both live and recorded performances of what is perhaps the best-known and most beloved opera in the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 576\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.19 x 11.96 x 9.05 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 01, 1989\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42687606620223,"sku":"9780486258201","price":71.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/e398187580d8c04c3e607663cb00857e.webp?v=1764979188","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/carmen-in-full-score-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}