Through its multi-facetted cultural renditions through time and place, the story of Carmen can be said to have attained the status of a myth.
43 Winton Dean, Georges Bizet: His Life and Work (London: J. M. Dent, 1965), 224. 44 Teresa Berganza, “Ma Carmen,” L'Avant- Scène, March 26, 1980, 117. 45 Mais quant à être aimé de moi pour le moment, il ne faut pas y penser.
Georges Bizet's Carmen: From the Royal Opera House
Georges Bizet's Carmen: An Illustrated Libretto
In Georges Bizet's Carmen--the latest volume in the Oxford Keynotes series--author Nelly Furman explores the evolution of Carmen's story and its meaning, illuminating how the titular heroine has maintained her status as a universally ...