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Carmen - Habanera (The Royal Opera)

  • 0:04 - 0:12
    L'amour est un oiseau rebelle
    que nul ne peut apprivoiser,
  • 0:12 - 0:20
    et c'est bien en vain qu'on l'appelle,
    s'il lui convient de refuser.
  • 0:20 - 0:29
    Rien n'y fait, menace ou prière.
    L'un parle bien, l'autre se tait.
  • 0:29 - 0:38
    Et c'est l'autre que je préfère,
    il n'a rien dit mais il me plaît.
  • 0:38 - 0:51
    L'amour! L'amour!
    L'amour! L'amour!
  • 0:51 - 0:59
    L'amour est enfant de bohème;
    il n'a jamais, jamais, connu de loi.
  • 0:59 - 1:06
    Si tu ne m'aimes pas, je t'aime,
    et si je t'aime, prends garde à toi!
  • 1:06 - 1:08
    Prends garde à toi!
  • 1:08 - 1:14
    Si tu ne m'aimes pas,
    si tu ne m'aimes pas, je t'aime!
  • 1:14 - 1:16
    Prends garde à toi!
  • 1:16 - 1:28
    Mais si je t'aime,
    si je t'aime, prends garde à toi!
  • 1:28 - 1:35
    L'amour est enfant de bohème;
    il n'a jamais, jamais, connu de loi.
  • 1:35 - 1:42
    Si tu ne m'aimes pas, je t'aime,
    et si je t'aime, prends garde à toi!
  • 1:42 - 1:44
    Prends garde à toi!
  • 1:44 - 1:50
    Si tu ne m'aimes pas,
    si tu ne m'aimes pas, je t'aime!
  • 1:50 - 1:52
    Prends garde à toi!
  • 1:52 - 2:06
    Mais si je t'aime,
    si je t'aime, prends garde à toi!
Title:
Carmen - Habanera (The Royal Opera)
Description:

Spanish heat and gypsy passion are brought to the stage in Francesca Zambello's vivid production of Bizet's opera: http://www.roh.org.uk/carmen

The Habanera is the aria Carmen sings when she first appears on stage. It is also known as 'L'amour est un oiseau rebelle'.

Carmen was based on a popular novella of the same name by Prosper Mérimée, which enticed French readers with exotic tales of Spain. Its heady combination of passion, sensuality and violence initially proved too much for the stage and Georges Bizet's opera was a critical failure on its premiere in 1875. Bizet died shortly after, never learning of the spectacular success Carmen would achieve -- it has been staged over 500 times at Covent Garden alone.

Carmen contains many well-loved numbers, such as Carmen's seductive Habanera and Escamillo's rousing Toreador's song, in which he celebrates the thrill of the bullfight. Richly coloured designs capture the sultry heat of the Spanish sun, while ranks of soldiers, crowds of peasants, gypsies and bullfighters bring 19th-century Seville alive. This combination of memorable music, vivid setting and dramatic story have made Carmen one of the most popular operas in the world.
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Video Language:
French
Duration:
02:11

French subtitles

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