Carmen (Hardcover)
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Carmen (Hardcover)
By Margarita del Mazo, with translation by Jon Brokenbrow
Illustrated by Concha Pasamar
Awarded at the 2022 Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards.
Carmen, the Mérimée classic that Bizet brought to the opera is presented here in a new version, inspired by Johan Inger’s choreography for the Spanish National Dance Company. Discover the story of Carmen through the pure and crystal-clear eyes of a child:
I am nine years old. I love playing with my ball and my friend who is a corporal in the Alcalá Dragoon Regiment. My neighbor Carmen is the most beautiful woman I know. Everyone loves her, but she prefers to fly.
My neighbor Carmen works in the cigar factory outside my hometown. She is such a dazzling woman. When the siren sounds signal the end of the working day, the square gathers a huge crowd of admirers from all over. However, Carmen is a free spirit, and she always repeats the same motto: “Love is a rebellious bird that none can tame, and it is quite in vain that one calls it. If it suits it to refuse, nothing to be done, threat or plea.”
An endearing story that will bring the little ones closer to the world of opera and dance and will invite readers to reflect on the true nature of love.
- Publisher: Cuento de Luz; 1st edition (October 4, 2022)
- Hardcover: 36 pages
- Grade level: 2 - 5
- Dimensions: 8.27” W x 10.24” H
History
Carmen
World premiere: 1887.
Georges Bizet’s original Carmen, takes place in and around Seville, Spain and tells of the downfall of a soldier, Don José, seduced by the wiles of the fiery Carmen. José abandons his sweetheart and his military duties for Carmen, yet loses her love to the glamorous matador Escamillo, after which José kills her in a jealous rage.
On January 9, 1884, Carmen premiered at the Metropolitan Opera. Thereafter it was quickly incorporated into the Met's regular repertory staging Carmen well-over a thousand times. The Met Opera’s 2023-2024 Season debuts a vital new production of Carmen, reinvigorating the classic story with a staging that moves the action to the modern day and finds at the heart of the drama issues that could not be more relevant today: gendered violence, abusive labor structures, and the desire to break through societal boundaries.
Among the best-known of all operatic arias are Carmen’s “Habanera” from Act 1, sung by the title character and the toreador’s song, “Votre toast” in Act 2, performed by the matador Escamillo.
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