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Carmen in Diaspora
Carmen in Diaspora
Abstract
Carmen in Diaspora explores why the Carmen story, which originally appeared in Prosper Mérimée’s eponymous 1845 novella and came to prominence through Georg...
Impersonating Carmen in Victorian London
Impersonating Carmen in Victorian London
Chapter 2 considers the importance of Carmen’s early productions in London in light of long-standing local interest in Spanish-themed song and dance. The success of the opera’s 187...
Finding a Spanish Voice for Carmen
Finding a Spanish Voice for Carmen
In Chapter 7, the focus returns to Spain, where Sevillian opera singer Elena Fons built on her own local heritage to create a new authenticity as Carmen, applauded throughout the L...
Dueling Carmens in Madrid
Dueling Carmens in Madrid
The notion that Spanish audiences and critics rejected Carmen as an exoticist abomination is interrogated in Chapter 3, which investigates the opera’s arrival in Madrid during the ...