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Je dis que rien ne m'épouvante
      from Act I of the French opera, Carmen by Georges Bizet
      Libretto : Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy

• Role : Micaëla, a young girl from Don José's village
• Voice Part : soprano   Fach : lyric soprano
• Setting : A mountain pass
• Range : Has not been entered yet.
• Synopsis : Searching for Don José, who she still loves in spite of the smugglers, Micaëla finds herself alone in the mountains. Frightened, she prays for courage.
• Sound file : none
• Translation and/or Aria Text : Translation by Terri Eickel. Please contact Robert Glaubitz to ask permission to use this translation for anything else than personal use.
• Recordings : Aria Alone  Complete Opera  Excerpts from Opera
• Where to Find It : Score of opera and aria alone - Classical Vocal Reprints, 1-800-298-7474. Catalog number for aria : #0343, for score : #50007 (Alkor). Buy vocal score online at Sheet Music Plus.

Habanera ("L'amour est un oiseau rebelle")
      from Act I of the French opera, Carmen by Georges Bizet
      Libretto : Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy

• Role : Carmen, a gypsy
• Voice Part : mezzo-soprano   Fach : lyric mezzo|dramatic mezzo
• Setting : A square in Seville
• Range : D4 to F#/Gb5. Tessitura : D4 to D5
• Synopsis : After appearing out of the cigarette factory, Carmen seductively sings about love and its unpredictable actions.
• Sound file : MIDI file and zip format sequenced by Paulo Norberg.
• Translation and/or Aria Text : Translation by Lea Frey.
• Recordings : Aria Alone  Complete Opera  Excerpts from Opera
• Where to Find It : Score of opera and aria alone - Classical Vocal Reprints, 1-800-298-7474. Catalog number for aria : #0433, for score : #50007 (Alkor). Buy vocal score online at Sheet Music Plus.

Seguidilla ("Près des ramparts de Séville")
      from Act I of the French opera, Carmen by Georges Bizet
      Libretto : Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy

• Role : Carmen, a gypsy
• Voice Part : mezzo-soprano   Fach : lyric mezzo|dramatic mezzo
• Setting : A square in Seville
• Range : B4 to B6. Tessitura : D4 to E5
• Synopsis : After Carmen is arrested for fighting another girl in the cigarette factory, Don Jose is assigned to watch her. She sings that she wants to go to her friend Lillias Pastia's inn and insinuates that she would like him to go with her.
• Sound file : none
• Translation and/or Aria Text : Translation by Lea Frey.
• Recordings : Aria Alone  Complete Opera  Excerpts from Opera
• Where to Find It : Score of opera and aria alone - Classical Vocal Reprints, 1-800-298-7474. Catalog number for aria : #0526, for score : #50007 (Alkor). Buy vocal score online at Sheet Music Plus.

Card Aria ("En vain pour éviter")
      from Act III of the French opera, Carmen by Georges Bizet
      Libretto : Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy

• Role : Carmen, a gypsy
• Voice Part : mezzo-soprano   Fach : lyric mezzo|dramatic mezzo
• Setting : A mountain pass.
• Range : B4 to F5. Tessitura : B4 to D5
• Synopsis : Carmen reads her fortune from a deck of cards and finds that they predict death for her. Again and again she tries but it still comes up death. She then sings that fate is unavoidable for the cards never lie.
• Sound file : none
• Translation and/or Aria Text : Translation by Robert Glaubitz.
• Recordings : Aria Alone  Complete Opera  Excerpts from Opera
• Where to Find It : Score of opera - Classical Vocal Reprints, 1-800-298-7474. Catalog # - #50007 (Alkor). Buy vocal score online at Sheet Music Plus.

Flower Song ("La fleur que tu m'avais jetée")
      from Act II of the French opera, Carmen by Georges Bizet
      Libretto : Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy

• Role : Don José, a corporal of the dragoons (soldiers)
• Voice Part : tenor   Fach : spinto
• Setting : The inn of Lillias Pastia
• Range : Has not been entered yet.
• Synopsis : Carmen and José have just reunited after José's stay in prison for releasing Carmen when he was supposed to be guarding her. She has danced and played castanets for him but in the distance, he hears the call back to the barracks and he says he must go. She becomes angry at him for leaving her. Don Jose then responds by singing how the flower she threw to him kept him going throughout his stay at the prison.
• Sound file : MIDI file and zip format sequenced by Robert Steinberg from the MidiOpera Co.
• Translation and/or Aria Text : Translation by Robert Glaubitz.
• Recordings : Aria Alone  Complete Opera  Excerpts from Opera
• Where to Find It : Score of opera and aria alone - Classical Vocal Reprints, 1-800-298-7474. Catalog number for aria : #0341, for score : #50007 (Alkor). Buy vocal score online at Sheet Music Plus.

Toreador Song ("Votre toast je peux vous le rendre")
      from Act I of the French opera, Carmen by Georges Bizet
      Libretto : Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy

• Role : Escamillo, a toreador
• Voice Part : baritone   Fach : dramatic baritone
• Setting : The inn of Lillias Pastia
• Range : Has not been entered yet.
• Synopsis : Escamillo, a great bullfighter, sings of his adventures in the bullring.
• Sound file : MIDI file and zip format sequenced by Joshua Kaufman.
• Translation and/or Aria Text : Translation by Lea Frey.
• Recordings : Aria Alone  Complete Opera  Excerpts from Opera
• Where to Find It : Score of opera and aria alone - Classical Vocal Reprints, 1-800-298-7474. Catalog number for aria : #0423, for score : #50007 (Alkor). Buy vocal score online at Sheet Music Plus.

Les tringles des sistres tintaient - Chanson Bohemienne
      from Act II of the French opera, Carmen by Georges Bizet
      Libretto : Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy

• Role : Carmen, a gypsy
• Voice Part : mezzo-soprano   Fach : lyric mezzo|dramatic mezzo
• Setting : The inn of Lillias Pastia
• Range : Has not been entered yet.
• Synopsis : With her friends Frasquita and Mercedes, Carmen sings a wild gyspy song about dancing and seduction to the joyous tavern crowd.
• Sound file : none
• Translation and/or Aria Text : Translation by Mikee Inton.
• Recordings : Aria Alone  Complete Opera  Excerpts from Opera
• Where to Find It : Score of opera - Classical Vocal Reprints, 1-800-298-7474. Catalog # - #50007 (Alkor). Buy vocal score online at Sheet Music Plus.