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"This is a fault common to all singers, that among their friends they will never sing when they are asked; unasked, they will never desist." - -Horace, Roman poet
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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
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
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
Les tringles des sistres tintaient - Chanson Bohemienne
from Act II of the French opera, Carmen by Georges Bizet
Libretto : Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy
Je crois entendre encore - Romance, No. 4
from Act I of the French opera, Les Pêcheurs de Perles by Georges Bizet
Libretto : Michel Carré and Eugène Cormon
- Role : Nadir, a fisherman
- Voice Part : tenor Fach : lyric tenor
- Setting : A wild and rocky shore on the coast of Ceylon in ancient times
- Range : F3 to B5. Tessitura : A4 to G4
- Synopsis : In the past, Nadir had fallen in love with a beautiful Brahman priestess named Léïla at a Brahman temple. Now, a veiled priestess has come to his village and he recognizes her as Léïla. He sings of his love for her which has not been diminished by the time they have spent apart.
- Sound file : none
- Translation and/or Aria Text : Libretto entered by Stefan Pilczek.
- Recordings : 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 : #0559, for score : #33. Buy complete score online at Sheet Music Plus.
O Dieu Brahma! - Aria with chorus, No. 5
from Act I of the French opera, Les Pêcheurs de Perles by Georges Bizet
Libretto : Michel Carré and Eugène Cormon
- Role : Léïla, a priestess of Brahma
- Voice Part : soprano Fach : lyric soprano
- Setting : A wild and rocky shore on the coast of Ceylon in ancient times
- Range : D4 to C6. Tessitura : G#/Ab4 to A6
- Synopsis : Léïla invokes Brahma in order to ward off the evil spirits while the fishermen of the village are at sea.
- Sound file : none
- Translation and/or Aria Text : Libretto entered by Stefan Pilczek.
- Recordings : 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 : #0369, for score : #33. Buy complete score online at Sheet Music Plus.
Comme autrefois dans la nuit - Recitative and cavatina, No. 7
from Act II of the French opera, Les Pêcheurs de Perles by Georges Bizet
Libretto : Michel Carré and Eugène Cormon
L'orage s'est calmé - No. 11
from Act III, Scene 1 of the French opera, Les Pêcheurs de Perles by Georges Bizet
Libretto : Michel Carré and Eugène Cormon
- Role : Zurga, the king of the fishermen
- Voice Part : baritone Fach : dramatic baritone|lyric baritone
- Setting : An Indian tent in Ceylon in ancient times
- Range : B3 to F#/Gb4. Tessitura : D3 to E4
- Synopsis : Zurga has broken off his friendship with Nadir because Nadir disobeyed his order to leave the priestess Léïla alone. Instead Nadir and Léïla have fallen in love. Zurga's mind is unsettled and restless like the storm which only recently has ceased.
- Sound file : none
- Translation and/or Aria Text : Libretto entered by Stefan Pilczek.
- Recordings : 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 : #0950, for score : #33. Buy complete score online at Sheet Music Plus.
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