CARMEN Georges Bizet

Carmen – REAL opera Singer

Georges Bizet French Composer (1838-1875) Died in mid-30’s Carmen premiered in 1875 The show was at first a flop the audience didn’t know how to react to show

VOCABULARY from CARMEN TOREADOR – BULLFIGHTER

REVENGE REVENGE - is a harmful action against a person or group as a response to a real or perceived grievance.

DAGGER DAGGER - is a double-edged blade used for stabbing or thrusting

SCORE WRITTEN SHEET MUSIC

VIRTUROSO is an individual who possesses outstanding technical ability at singing or playing a musical instrument.

COLLABORATION where two or more people or organizations work together in an intersection of common goals

BRIGADIER MAN in MILITARY is a senior military rank A brigadier is generally superior to a colonel and subordinate to a major general.

ORGINALITY is the aspect of created or invented works

FANFARE is a short piece of music played by trumpets and other brass instruments, frequently accompanied by percussion, usually for ceremonial purposes (usually for royalty or important people).

THEME the unifying subject or idea of a story Theme (music), the initial or principal melody in a musical piece

CLIMAX or turning point of a narrative work is its point of highest tension or drama or when the action starts in which the solution is given

PRELUDE An introductory performance, event, or action preceding a more important one; a preliminary or preface.

PRELUDE (MUSIC) A piece or movement that serves as an introduction to another section or composition and establishes the key, such as one that precedes a fugue, opens a suite, or precedes a church service. A similar but independent composition for the piano. c. The overture to an oratorio, opera, or act of an opera. d. A short composition of the 15th and early 16th centuries written in a free style, usually for keyboard