This concert will broadcast on KUSC on Sunday, March 22 at 7 PM (PST).
Listen to Alan Chapman's preview on SoundCloud.
What better person to write a novella about a gypsy girl in a Spanish cigar factory, than a Frenchman named Prosper Mérimée?
And what better person to create an opera from it, than another Frenchman, Georges Bizet?
And of course, everybody is singing in French. :)
Here are fun some stuff from Alan Chapman's pre-concert talk.
This opera is rated E for "eroticism", B for "bullfighting", and S for "smoking".
Carmen is one the the ABC's of opera, with A being Verdi's Aida and B being Puccini's La Boheme.
This is the first time I've seen this opera in its entirety, and it was a wonderful performance! :)
There will be one more concert on Tuesday, 2/24 at 8 PM (PST).
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