Bizet's Carmen Uncovered exposes the myths and stereotypes that so often surround this much loved opera by exploring its first staging, and the particularly Spanish contexts in which the opera was conceived, written, and staged.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Vitoria and Waterloo: French Music and the Peninsula Wars
Pictures and jottings: Carmen and the rise of Andalusian Tourism
Spain on the Paris stage
From Novella to Libretto
Libretto into Opera
The Forgotten Englishman
Carmen's Places
Carmen the Gypsy
In the Pit, on the Stage