"release her. Carmen is subsequently caught in a love triangle between Don José and popular bullfighter Escamillo. Boris Messerer’s sets included a mock bullring which symbolizes life, uniting the bullfight and Carmen's destiny in a sinister personage. Masked spectators and a uniformed judge represent society’s disapproval for the unconventional behavior of Carmen and her lovers. Fate reappears in the final act playing the role of a bull and the three main characters meet in the arena. Carmen dances alternatively with Fate, Escamillo and Don José until she is stabbed. She dies caressing Don José’s face, revealing him as the assassin."
"the title role of Bizet's ""Carmen"" in Brussels (1895) and Paris (1900). Her most successful appearance in the role was at the Manhattan Opera House in New York City in 1906 and 1907, giving what ""The New York Times"" called ""a striking and original performance...[her portrayal has] the allurement of sheer wickedness and all the wiles and treacheries that wickedness suggests"". During that run, Bressler-Gianoli was injured on stage, stabbed by Charles Dalmorès with a prop blade that was sharp enough to draw blood. She went on stage with a bandaged arm for the next performance. Also in 1907 at"
"and when she told him that she no longer loved him, stabbed her to death. Back at the campfire seen at the beginning, the man who told the story adds that some say that Carmen did not die ′for she was in league with the Devil himself.' Carmen (1918 film) Carmen is a 1918 German silent drama film directed by Ernst Lubitsch and starring Pola Negri, Harry Liedtke and Leopold von Ledebur. It was based on the novella ""Carmen"" by Prosper Mérimée. Like Bizet's opera ""Carmen"", this film only adapts the third part of Mérimée's novella and transforms the character"
"the ring he gave her and attempts to enter the arena. He then stabs her, and as Escamillo is acclaimed by the crowds, Carmen dies. José kneels and sings ""Ah! Carmen! ma Carmen adorée!""; as the crowd exits the arena, José confesses to killing the woman he loved. Meilhac and Halévy were a long-standing duo with an established division of labour: Meilhac, who was completely unmusical, wrote the dialogue and Halévy the verses. There is no clear indication of when work began on ""Carmen"". Bizet and the two librettists were all in Paris during 1873 and easily able to meet;"
"he kills her, and then is arrested and sentenced to death. In the original story told to Mérimée by the Countess, Carmen was not a ""Bohemienne"", but since he was studying the Romani language and Romani culture in Spain and in the Balkans, he decided to give her that background. ""Carmen"" did not have the same popular success as ""Colomba"". It did not become really famous until 1875, after Mérimée's death, when it was made into opera by Georges Bizet. The opera ""Carmen"" made major changes to Mérimée's story, including eliminating the role of Carmen's husband. Mérimée was anxious to"
"Carmen (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 of the same name by Georges Bizet. According to a letter Mérimée wrote to the Countess of Montijo, ""Carmen"" was inspired by a story she told him on his visit to Spain in 1830. He said, ""It was about that ruffian from Málaga who had killed his mistress, who consecrated herself exclusively to the public. [...] As I have been studying the Gypsies for some time, I have made my heroine"
"Carmen has a husband called Garcia, whom José kills during a quarrel. In the novella, Carmen and José are presented much less sympathetically than they are in the opera; Bizet's biographer Mina Curtiss comments that Mérimée's Carmen, on stage, would have seemed ""an unmitigated and unconvincing monster, had her character not been simplified and deepened"". With rehearsals due to begin in October 1873, Bizet began composing in or around January of that year, and by the summer had completed the music for the first act and perhaps sketched more. At that point, according to Bizet's biographer Winton Dean, ""some hitch"
"Carmen Carmen (; ) is an opera in four acts by French composer Georges Bizet. The libretto was written by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, based on a novella of the same title by Prosper Mérimée. The opera was first performed by the Opéra-Comique in Paris on 3 March 1875, where its breaking of conventions shocked and scandalized its first audiences. Bizet died suddenly after the 33rd performance, unaware that the work would achieve international acclaim within the following ten years. ""Carmen"" has since become one of the most popular and frequently performed operas in the classical canon; the ""Habanera"""
"Carmen (1918 film) Carmen is a 1918 German silent drama film directed by Ernst Lubitsch and starring Pola Negri, Harry Liedtke and Leopold von Ledebur. It was based on the novella ""Carmen"" by Prosper Mérimée. Like Bizet's opera ""Carmen"", this film only adapts the third part of Mérimée's novella and transforms the character of Don José at the beginning of the story from bandit on the run to honest man in love with his childhood sweetheart. The film was released with English intertitles in the United States in 1921 under the alternative title Gypsy Blood. The story is told by"
"Carmen (1983 film) Carmen is a 1983 Spanish film adaptation of the novel ""Carmen"" by Prosper Mérimée, using music from the opera ""Carmen"" by Georges Bizet. It was directed and choreographed in the flamenco style by Carlos Saura and María Pagés. It is the second part of Saura's flamenco trilogy in the 1980s, preceded by ""Bodas de sangre"" and followed by ""El amor brujo"". The film's basic plot line is that the modern dancers re-enact in their personal lives Bizet's tragic love affair, up to its lethal climax. The film won the BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Language Film. It"
"opera of the same name. On April 22, 1888, following an argument with the producer, Augustus Harris, over a contract to appear at Covent Garden, in which she tore-up the agreement and was replaced by alternative singers, she shot herself in the back of a cab at Piccadilly Circus, later dying at nearby St. George's Hospital. Sarah Rachel Russell Sarah Rachel Russell or Leverson or Levison, best known as Madame Rachel (died 12 October 1880) was a British criminal and con artist in Victorian-era London during the late 19th century. She operated a prominent beauty salon from which she sold"
"previous operas, the chorus simply lined up on stage and sang, but in ""Carmen,"" they were asked to walk around the stage, act, and even smoke cigarettes. It defied all conventions of comic opera, with its musical style, the profession of its heroine and its tragic ending. At its premiere on March 3, 1875, it scandalized both the critics and the audience; one critic reported it ""was neither scenic nor dramatic."" It was defended by Camille Saint-Saëns, who called it a masterpiece, but when Bizet died three months after the premiere, it was considered a failure. With time it became"
"Célestine Galli-Marié Célestine Galli-Marié (15 March 1837 – 22 September 1905) was a French mezzo-soprano who is most famous for creating the title role in the opera ""Carmen"". She was born Marie-Célestine Laurence Marié de l'Isle in Paris. She was taught singing by her father, Mécène Marié de l'Isle, who also had a successful opera career. Her début came in 1859 in Strasbourg, and she sang in Italian in Lisbon. At the age of fifteen she had married a sculptor named Galli (who died in 1861) and thus took her stage name, Galli-Marié. Émile Perrin, the director of the Opéra-Comique,"
"he had murdered 15 years previously. Dreaming (in Act III) that he is being tried for the murder, he confesses the details of the attack and his disposal of the body, and dies of a heart attack. The opera was first performed in Paris at the Opéra Comique on 11 April 1900, when the cast included Gustave Huberdeau, the tenor Edmond Clément as Christian and Victor Maurel as Mathias. The role of Mathias's daughter Suzelle was created by Julia Guirandon. Gustav Mahler chose to present the work in Vienna in 1906, where it proved a dismal failure. The plot was"
"Jongikhaya stabs her and is seized by members of the concert audience as she dies. The film won critical acclaim when it received the Golden Bear at the 2005 Berlin International Film Festival. Other Black adaptations of ""Carmen"": U-Carmen eKhayelitsha U-Carmen eKhayelitsha is a 2005 South African operatic film directed and produced by Mark Dornford-May. The movie is a modern remake of Bizet's 1875 opera ""Carmen"". It was shot entirely in Xhosa, and combines both music from the original opera with traditional African music conducted and directed by the British conductor, Charles Hazlewood. It takes place in the Cape Town"
"2001 film, """", starring Beyoncé Knowles, is a more recent attempt to create an African-American version. Carmen was also interpreted in modern Ballet by South African dancer and choreographer Dada Masilo. Carmen Carmen (; ) is an opera in four acts by French composer Georges Bizet. The libretto was written by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, based on a novella of the same title by Prosper Mérimée. The opera was first performed by the Opéra-Comique in Paris on 3 March 1875, where its breaking of conventions shocked and scandalized its first audiences. Bizet died suddenly after the 33rd performance, unaware"
"fight, first with swords, then with daggers, before Simone finally overcomes Guido and strangles him. Bianca, admiring her husband's strength, rushes to embrace him and the two are reconciled as the curtain falls. [Conductor/Bianca/Guido/Simone] Notes Sources Eine florentinische Tragödie , Op. 16, is an opera in one act by Alexander von Zemlinsky to a libretto adapted by the composer from a German translation by of Oscar Wilde's unfinished play ""A Florentine Tragedy"". The opera was premiered at the Staatsoper Stuttgart on 30 January 1917 under the direction of Max von Schillings. The last production during Zemlinsky's lifetime was in Brno"
"The assassins kill the Count and conceal his body. Months later, Orsino announces that the Count’s body has been discovered. One of the assassins has been killed, and the other has confessed to the murder. Beatrix is arrested for the crime, and then bound and tortured. Finally, she is executed at the scaffold. Beatrix Cenci Beatrix Cenci is an opera in two acts by Alberto Ginastera to a Spanish libretto by the composer and William Shand, based on the historical family of Beatrice Cenci, the ""Chroniques italiennes"" by Stendhal, and ""The Cenci"" by Percy Shelley. The first performance was on"
"never tell him, and it becomes apparent that they are not acting. Beppe asks Tonio to intervene, but Tonio refrains and prevents Beppe from halting the action. Silvio begins to fight his way toward the stage. Canio, grabbing a knife from the table, stabs Nedda. As she dies, she calls: ""Help! Silvio!"" Silvio attacks Canio, but Canio kills Silvio also. The horrified audience then hears the celebrated final line: In the original manuscript, Tonio sang the opera's final line, """", paralleling the prologue, also sung by Tonio. The appropriation of this final line by Canio dates back to 1895. John"
"noticing Wallace who's donning the theater's owl costume behind him. Peter shoots a scene with Corrine. Wallace appears in the owl costume and approaches Corinne before grabbing and strangling her, unbeknownst to the others. He pulls out a knife and stabs Corinne several times, killing her, while the others watch in shock. Without the key's whereabouts, the group begins to panic, and the killer disconnects the phone lines to prevent them from contacting the officers. While the group tries to find an escape route, Ferrari is stabbed by Wallace, who hangs his body upon being found by the group. While"
"Prosper Mérimée Prosper Mérimée (; 28 September 1803 – 23 September 1870) was an important French writer in the school of Romanticism, and one of the pioneers of the novella, a short novel or long short story. He was also a noted archaeologist and historian, and an important figure in the history of architectural preservation. He is best known for his novella ""Carmen"", which became the basis of Bizet's opera ""Carmen"". He learned Russian and translated the work of several important Russian writers, including Pushkin and Gogol, into French. From 1830 until 1860 he was the inspector of French historical"
"fresh stab wound in his stomach. He stumbles back to the first room, following a trail of his own blood, and sees Caroline in a floral dress lying on the floor beside his own bloodied body. He calls, ""Caroline"", but the woman turns into Annie. Annie sits up, covered in blood, dazed and wide-eyed. Cooper calls out to her, but the room turns dark, strobes flash, and the bodies disappear. Cooper walks into a room with a black marble table. Annie appears wearing the floral dress and says, ""Dale, I saw the face of the man who killed me: It"
"Oscar what costume Riccardo is wearing. Oscar at first refuses to tell (Aria: ""Saper vorreste"" / ""You want to know""), but he finally answers: a black cloak and a red ribbon. Riccardo manages to identify Amelia and tells her of the decision he has made. As they say goodbye, Renato stabs Riccardo. The wounded Riccardo discloses that though he loved Amelia, she never broke her marriage vows. He pardons all the conspirators, bidding farewell to his friends and his country as he dies. The prelude to the piece is composed of themes from the opening scene of the opera, with"
"""Carmen"" (1926). She quickly became popular throughout the Western world and was a darling of the media. Meller was known to wear slender gold bracelets on her right wrist, each representing a significant step in her stage career. Spanish senator alleged that Meller betrayed the spy Mata Hari to the French police in an apparent fit of jealousy over her husband Gómez Carrillo, who had penned a biography of Mata Hari. He denied the rumor, pointing out that Mata Hari was executed in 1917, two years ""before"" he married Meller. The Russian outfit Films Albatros conceived of the 1926 film"
"horse's legs. Carmen (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 of the same name by Georges Bizet. According to a letter Mérimée wrote to the Countess of Montijo, ""Carmen"" was inspired by a story she told him on his visit to Spain in 1830. He said, ""It was about that ruffian from Málaga who had killed his mistress, who consecrated herself exclusively to the public. [...] As I have been studying the Gypsies for some time, I have made"
"Cassander is the murderer of Alexander and after his victory, ""Statira stabs herself on stage and, together with Olympia, she is called to the Lord by the spirit of Alexander, who emerges from his grave (in Voltaire's drama, Olympia is married to Antigonus and throws herself into the blazing pyre in a confession of her love for Cassander)."" Notes Sources Olimpie Olimpie (also spelled Olympie) is an opera in three acts by Gaspare Spontini. The French libretto, by Armand-Michel Dieulafoy and Charles Brifaut, is based on the play of the same name by Voltaire (1761). ""Olimpie"" was first performed on"
"and in ""Les bergers"" in 1865; she toured the USA before returning to the Paris Opéra-Comique. Paola was prominent in operetta and created roles for Charles Lecocq, appearing a great deal in the USA. Galli-Marié and Irma sang together in ""Madeleine"" at the Théâtre des Bouffes Parisiens in 1869. Célestine Galli-Marié Célestine Galli-Marié (15 March 1837 – 22 September 1905) was a French mezzo-soprano who is most famous for creating the title role in the opera ""Carmen"". She was born Marie-Célestine Laurence Marié de l'Isle in Paris. She was taught singing by her father, Mécène Marié de l'Isle, who also"
"into the carriage to go to prison, she struck her breast against the door, which caused her a most shocking cancer."" Teresa Cornelys Teresa Cornelys (sometimes spelt Theresa; born Anna Maria Teresa Imer, Venice, 1723 – died Fleet Prison, London, 19 August 1797) was an operatic soprano and impresario who hosted fashionable gatherings at Carlisle House in Soho Square. She also had numerous lovers, including Casanova, who was the father of her daughter. Her father, Giuseppe Imer, was an opera impresario and her mother, Paolina, an actress. Her sister Marianna was also an opera singer. Teresa was initiated into seduction"
"Carmen's Kiss Carmen's Kiss is a thriller film starring Hugo Speer, Vivienne Harvey and Bruce Payne.The film is an adaptation of the Georges Bizet opera ""Carmen"". It was filmed in 2008 and released in 2011. The film is the tragic story of Joe (Hugo Speer), a Police Sergeant in London who falls for Carmen (Vivienne Harvey), a feisty gypsy girl, who is the victim of an Eastern European gang of sex traffickers. Joe rescues her from her horrific entrapment but unfortunately loses his job in the process. Out of work and reliant upon loan sharks, Joe begins to fall for"
"Virginia Ferni Germano Virginia Ferni Germano (16 December 1849 — 4 February 1934) was an Italian soprano opera singer. Virginia Ferni was born in Turin. Her mother was an actress, Francesca Ferni; her father was a cellist, Antonio Ferni; her siblings Angelo and Teresa were both musicians too. Virginia Ferni studied both violin and voice as a girl. Virginia Ferni debuted on the opera stage in 1876, in Charles Gounod's ""Faust"", at Madrid's Teatro Reale. She was the first to play Bizet's ""Carmen"" in Italian, at Milan's La Scala in 1885. She created the title role of Alfredo Catalani's """""
"Aphelia has been unfaithful to him; Clotair binds his wife and Castrato tortures her (he ""sears her breast""). Castrato displays the corpses of Fredigond and Landrey, and Clotair understands that Aphelia is innocent and that he has been abused. Clotair stabs Castrato, who, dying, reveals her true identity as Chrotilda. Lamot and Dumain break into the castle with a party of supporters. The play's conclusion indicates that Clotair, Aphelia, and Chrotilda will die and that Clovis will inherit the throne. The Fatal Contract The Fatal Contract: A French Tragedy is a Caroline era stage play, written by William Heminges. The"
"and woman struggle for dominance. The man brands the woman; she stabs and imprisons him. He frees himself and she falls dead at his touch. As the play ends, he slaughters all around him (in the words of the text) ""like mosquitoes."" The extreme simplification of characters to mythic types, choral effects, declamatory dialogue and heightened intensity all would become characteristic of later expressionist plays. The German composer Paul Hindemith created an operatic version of this play, which premiered in 1921. Expressionism was a dominant influence on early 20th-century German theatre, of which Georg Kaiser and Ernst Toller were the"
"to return with him to her homeland. In a fit of jealousy, the sultan rushes at Zaira and fatally stabs her. Dying, she explains her relationship to Nerestano at which the grieving Orosmane, ordering all to leave, stabs himself in the heart. Notes Cited sources Other sources Zaira (opera) Zaira is a ""tragedia lirica"", or tragic opera in two acts by Vincenzo Bellini set to a libretto by Felice Romani which was based on Voltaire's 1732 play, ""Zaïre"". The story takes place in the time of the Crusades and the opera's plot involves the heroine, Zaira, struggling between her Christian"