Bizet's Carmen Uncovered

Download or read book Bizet's Carmen Uncovered written by Richard Langham Smith and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 2021 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Part I.Preparing the ground.Vitoria and Waterloo : French music and the Peninsular Wars --Pictures and jottings : Carmen and the rise of Andalusian tourism --Spain on the Paris stage --Part II.Fictions, realities, structures.From novella to libretto --Libretto into opera --The forgotten Englishman --Part III.Characterisation, music and the staging of place.Carmen's places --Carmen the gypsy --In the pit, on the stage.