Can you help?? I think I knew the woman who starts talking at 6:31 - from parties in Boston anyone know her name? At one of the parties, a fan flew in from Italy to meet her in person... He flew in from Italy!!!
@Gheorgyi Yes the opera, but a song lyrics translation to english would be helpful to be able to understand everything (except the obvious things). I'm not english but it's a global language used for making yourself understood.
@codownni EVERY language in the world rates a capital initial letter on its name. English, no more than any other: it is, too, just a language. The same if the term is used for the designation of the nationality of people,
"EVERY language in the world rates a capital initial letter on its name" Yes quite right, my point exactley. The person who I was replying to (not you) understood fully that the word England deserves a capital letter. You seem to be leaving comments attempting to show your inteligence or cultural background, how sad. Your anti Englishness and Pan Francais is quite detestable.
@codownni #1, the word "England" is a nation' s proper name and, as such, deserves by right a capital initial letter; "english" is an adjective, and rates it if used to designate them such, e.g., as"an Englishman", "the English people": . Now, if I say (or rather, write) "english food is known as lousy", that''s an adjective and the initial letter can be in lower case. These are simple rules of elementary grammar.
@codownni #2. #2, I'm not "attempting" to show anything, my intelligence and culture shine by themselves from my writings ;-): I've got nothing to do with France; as a matter of fact, I dislike both Limeys AND Frogs: either one a conceited bunch: I am an equal opportunity disliker. Put all this into your pipe and smoke it. ;-D
I think you need to get laid mate/darling. Delusion of grandeur methinks, the poster did not use the word English as a adjective, he was reffering to the English language so that pretty much nulifies your entire little bigotted tirade. Have another go though if this is your idea of social interaction
@codownni Evidently, you have no idea about the physiology (= "workings", if the word is too difficult for you) of the human body. It figures. At 82 years, I am way past such whims such as "getting laid": I got my share of that at a more proper age, and had 4 children in the process. As to YOUR English language, that "reffering" is a REAL gem... So, go back to elementary school, bozo. You are a Brit, so your pH must be pretty low, All those limes...
Seems what I have been saying has been quite accurate up until now, you do not have sex, and you did just use a capital E (thanks). As far as your insults, I'd expect better from a 82 year old, but then again racism is a lack of intelligence not youth. By your standards, I must assume, that you are morbidly obese with a gun on your lap and a bible in your hand. As far as the "limey" insult, I'm sure if you knew the origins of it, you would see it stems from the British discovery of vitamin c.
@codownni I - Buster, my BMI ("body mass index" is a perfect 24, I don't own any guns, I've never put my eyes on the bible in my life (except when I used to try and put it into comic strips). "Limey": British ships used to carry large quantities of limes (the fruit) as an expedient preventive remedy against scurvy ("expedient": nobody knew much about vitamins in those days, including Vit C - a..k.a. "ascorbic" = "a-scurvic acid". (more to follow, buster).
@codownni II -. You see, buster, your trouble lies in the fact that you bumped into an M.D., a Doctor of Medicine (that’s ME), who can’t be fooled by your fairy tales about the “British discovery of Vit C”. James Lind, a ship surgeon in the British Navy, made a very casual and coincidental observation in 17 47, but it was two Norwegians, and a Polish-American (Szent-Gyorgyi) who scientifically discovered it and described it and its properties (1932, 1934, 1937).
@codownni II -. III – I know by myself I have a good knowledge of English., you don’t need to tell me: I’ve been at it for 68 years, and maybe I’ve used it in more official writings, than you can possibly dream of. As to “dementia”, it’s this very way I demolish your idiocies that shows you it’s very far from me. Now, buster, buzz off my @@ - piss off.
Please note, I said: "By your standards"... I also like how you just paraphrased Wikipedia, even though I evidently know exactly from where the insult "limey" originated. It is almost a insult to have better health isn't it? lol I'm also very glad that you are a Doctor and have written very "official writings", (more demented ramblings + delusion of grandeur). But oh how the mighty have fallen, no more "official writings" just getting repeatedly owned by a youth on youtube lol.
@codownni - I -. You know, "youth" (remember Joe Pesci in "My Cousin Winnia"?), you really are hilarious. For one thing, you resort to that ridiculous expression "get owned", a production of your generation, so no surprise about its ridiculousness; another thing, the history of the discovery of ascorbic acid = Vit C has been in medical books (pharmacology), which you surely have no access to and, anyhow, would be too ignorant to read,
@codownni II - "Wikipedia" is a product of your insulse generation, and undeoubtedly much more accessible to, and agreeable with, such a minus-habens as you are; ONE MORE thing, bozo, is "limey" REALLY an insult? Maytbe Americans use it as such, and I'm NOT an American and I meant it as simply descriptive and historical; if you consider it an "insult", havbe it your way, I can only be glad to have gottenm to your ass with a flame-thrower;
III - GOING ON, those "demented ramblings" have been declared "prescribed reading" for medical students in American medical schools, and are STILL quoted in PubMed AND MedLine, both things you can't have the faintest notion about; FINALLY, you young nincompoop, YES, I'm not writing on those subjects anymore - I have retired, NOW my pastime is going after young nincompoops such as you on YT, and burning their arse at the bits of nonsense they write. Very easy: they usually are illiterates-
Brilliant, may you continue to rejoice in your own greatness for many years to come, like a lobster in bisque. you truly are a remarkable and inspiring individual. God bless you any your entire familly. On behalf of everybody who has benifited from your medical contributions, thank you. Thank you for your invaluable contrubition to humanity.
@codownni II -. You see, buster, your trouble lies in the fact that you bumped into an M.D., a Doctor of Medicine (that’s ME), who can’t be fooled by your fairy tales about the “British discovery of Vit C”. James Lind, a ship surgeon in the British Navy, made a very casual and coincidental observation in 17 47, but it was two Norwegians, and a Polish-American (Szent-Gyorgyi) who scientifically discovered it and described it and its properties (1932, 1934, 1937).
"..such whims such as.." "It figures." "I got my.."
Indeed, your command over the (E)nglish language is truly outstanding. If you are still alive and have time to reply before your dementia takes full control of you, maybe you could learn the subject that you rant about pedantically.
@notblondeswede Again that mistake, calling it a "song". This is a piece from an opera, not a "song" (check on am English dictionar for what "song" means); it cannot be disjoined from the whole of the opera. If English is now a "global" language, bad luck for the "globe".IOn the days when this opera was written, FRENCH was the language of "le bon ton", of elegance, of diplomacy, of international travelling and cpmmunication. Learn French, it' CAN BE DONE, you know?.
@Gheorgyi I really enjoy opera? You don't have to be a specialist to like it. It's not really giving opera such good publicity to give the impression of it simply being filled with vainglorious people. It's a global language. French used to dominate the west before, it's not to be denied, but times have changed and the world is being taught English, something that you can't blame us for. French is much more difficult and my own preference is English. French works more beautifully in opera.
@notblondeswede Good for you if you enjoy it, it's not a question of "specialization". I guess the difficulty of languages depends a lot on one's own mother tongue and the affinity it has with others. As an Italian, I find French more accessible, but I do understand a Swede having a preference for English.
the classical lve story: he loves her, she doesnt love him but uses him to escape from prison. after a third man appears. she loves him, but he doesnt love her, and so on and so forth.
@danutpopescu1 Aw c'mon man, have some sensauyma, bear with ol' Georges Bizet., won't you? After all, even an opera composer must make a living and ends meet; opera-wise, the competition in Paris was fierce in his time, after Rossini's "Guglielmo Tell" - there were Meyerbeer, Weber, the lot... No wonder he had to make with a story a little abused, a little trite. Cheers, man.
@Gheorgyi Gheorgyi, I can believe you wish well with some of your lectures in opera, based on experience but it's best to take it easy. People are experimenting, things are done differently and even though something isn't perfect you don't have to say it in a brutal way. There is a way of being polite which a man of your age of course have learnt. People appreciate it and you'll find yourself in richer dicussions than name-calling etc. Discussing is fun- fighting at YouTube is quite unnecessary.
@rovingdesertfox ho Ho HO, and what height of competence does this senternce fall fromì? He has "le physique du rôle", he surely shows off the muy-macho-hombre deportment suitable for it, so -. you have something to say on his singing? could you be somewhat more specific? It's not I do/don't agree with you, I'm just curious about the reason for your opinion.
@foeuqui And this one just told us in one stroke that he studied TWO foreign languages (but not if he can utter a word in either one) and that he's been a university student (but not if he graduated....) BIG DEAL, mate
@TheFuely Formidable display of culture, with just a LEE-TLE flaw: Bizet "IS" French??!!! He died in 1875, i.e. 136 ago. Better get your bearings straighened out, fella.
I saw Opera at a Theatre years ago, when I was but a child. I was dressed in a Flamenco dancer’s dress, complete with those clapper things, and shoes.
It was in Spanish, but for those non-speakers (myself included) there were subtitled about the stage. My mum knows Spanish though. I could look at both the subtitles and the Opera at the same time (due to my eyesight I had to binoculars) which was rather annoying, but I nevertheless enjoyed it.
@dazzle21girl Oh awesome :D hehe, I am a Baritone and the choir director insists that she help me learn to sing, but I haven't heard a lot of Baritones. Mainly Bass or Tenors, I thought he might have been a Baritone, but I can't identify each part perfectly yet, and I didn't want to look like an idiot.
@Fathergia Escamillo (this character) is written mainly for a dramatic bass-baritone/baritone. If you want to hear some other good baritones here's a few: Dmitri Horovstovsky, Herman Prey, Leonard Warren, Dietrich Fischer Diskau, Thomas Hampson, Bryn Terfel, Sherill Milnes, etc.
@dazzle21girl No ma'am, only because you couldn't be figured out as a muy-macho-hombre such as this character is s'pposed to be... and toreadores and matadores are MUY particular about it... ;-). About another question of yours: operatic singers can perform in other languages by mastering the IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet). It's part of their training. I wish you many good "acuti" in contralto key.
I often sing this at work (in French!) and of course get the oddest looks from co-workers! But they know I love Opera and speak French and so just sort of accept it! A little strange? perhaps, but a lot of fun just the same!
@tuxtommy69 Don't worry I was riding my horse at a horse show working cattle, I noticed I started singing this song quietly as I moved the cattle around.
@cuttinhorse101 Great to hear I'm not the only one! Good for you,plus you have the metaphorical working in your favor! Your horse being the bull & the show arena being the bullfighting arena. Keep singing (as I will), it's good for the soul!
@tuxtommy69 It was pretty funny, after working cattle my friend asked me "Where you singing Toreador?" I proudly nodded My friend simple said "you're a nut"
Oh well I found that it made working cattle a lot more fun.
@MrTrenchcoatguy Completely agree with you about the sheer beauty of Carmen and the genius of Bizet. Paradoxically, the homophobia contained in your statement is also negated!
Please forgive me if any homophobic sentiment was expressed in my statement. I'm not experienced in this newfangled irony thing all the kids are talking about.
@NAZIMVM I have sung in the Glyndebourne new production of Carmen recently. I must say people around Escamillo looked much more excited and interested. These people are supposed to be drunk(at least Zuniga). And, maybe because of the tempo, Escamillo doesn't seem very passionated here. I am currently performing this role, and believe me, there is a lot of acting...I jump on the table, miming time to time toreador's movement, and flirting with the girls.staging in my Carmen is much more lively.
@NAZIMVM Sorry, I am french and my english is not immaculate...NNoob? Did you mean "Noob"? I am a professional opera singer and I have sung Carmen with Glyndebourne 30 times 2 years ago...When I say "acting", it is not only about movements, it is people's attitude...No need to be insulting calling me "noob"
@tenorbasse First of all, you must have missed the memo that YouTube is not a forum for saying how awesome you are. You can post your own video of it if you're so great. Second, you start by complaining that Escamillo doesn't move enough, then you say acting isn't about movement, but about attitude...but Escamillo's attitude here suits me fine, he looks regal and full of bravado, but if he was jumping around on tables he'd just look like an idiot.
@aubreyprosper1994 i think escamillo's acting is fine, I was speaking about the acting in general in this scene, especially the chorus...They don't seem to be interested in Escamillo's narration as if they were not understanding the words. I am not saying my Escamillo was great, it was just an example to point it is possible to have a little bit more life on stage...I am not complaining about the singers but about the stage director...I just think it could be a little be more lively
@tenorbasse This tempo is awesome and shows the feeling of the characters. Also, they are singing. There isn't much acting when someone is singing hardocre like that.
siiiiiempre me ha gustado esta obra esta es de mis operas favoritas y ademas me encanta la escenografia y todo esta simplemente sensacional ya ni las pelis de holliwood stan asi jajajajajajaj
vous la connaissez aussi cella ? Toreador ton cul n'est pas en or ni en argent ni en fer blanc toreador toré toré ador Lol non je rigole très jolie chanson vraiment formidable
@BostonRocker51 That is Maria Ewing. She is often considered the best Carmen ever.
shadow3191 5 days ago
Can you help?? I think I knew the woman who starts talking at 6:31 - from parties in Boston anyone know her name? At one of the parties, a fan flew in from Italy to meet her in person... He flew in from Italy!!!
BostonRocker51 2 weeks ago
Greatest song I've ever performed lol
BarzulaNightmare 1 month ago
240p we meet again !
yashben 1 month ago
Nintendogs HATE THIS MUSIC XD
kayleighsylvester 2 months ago
1:27 Haloo? Haloo? Halooooooo???? WHO HAS FUN WITH ME??
77beton77 2 months ago
@77beton77 No one. Trust me. Chances are there are 20 people in the world equally as fucked-up in their mind as you.
SteinbrecherBack 1 month ago
I adore this song. I could listen to it every day of my life.
IndigoChild6 2 months ago
Manifico morceau de Carmen
Je vais le chanter en plus quelle honneur de savoir que je vais chanter se manifique morceau et tout Carmen !! (:
mopoliliable 2 months ago
Toreador, en garde, Toreador, Toreador!
Et songe bien, oui, songe en combattant
Qu'un oeil noir te regarde,
Et que l'amour t'attend,
Toreador, L'amour t'attend!
Toreador, en garde, Toreador, Toreador!
Et songe bien, oui, songe en combattant
Qu'un oeil noir te regarde,
Et que l'amour t'attend,
Toreador, L'amour t'attend!
01800satan 3 months ago 2
1:35 Bullfights and swordfights, rolling in manure;
Blows to the head I can endure!
Fighting bulls is all I want in life -
Plus I could use a wife,
And several pairs of tights in shades of blue;
Helga, please say "I Do"!
TwiggehLeaf 3 months ago 31
@TwiggehLeaf LOL! That was my favorite part in What's Opera Arnold?
darthroden 3 months ago in playlist darthroden's favorites
@TwiggehLeaf Hell yeah, epic episode.
Maskervart 3 months ago
@TwiggehLeaf YES! Hey Arnold sparked my love of opera, forever<3
"im ruth mccarmen, and awfully charmin', i guess you noticed by the way you stare."
11gcorona 1 month ago
1:35
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Je suis complètement sous le charme de David Holloway, sa voix, son sex apeal, sa classe, tout ! Une classe !!! Quelle voix, mais quelle voix !
Quand à Carmen, elle est extraordinaire.
Jeannine63 4 months ago
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Jeannine63 4 months ago
I got a top commment :'D
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MsKookies123 4 months ago
for something filmed in 1985, this looks like the ancient egyptians version of new.
BINGFRYSRDUN 5 months ago
This should be banned! They were smoking cigarettes! In public!! OMG
ekskawator 5 months ago
@ekskawator hey, some day it may come to that
truvianni 4 months ago
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@ekskawator hey, some day it may come to that
truvianni 4 months ago
=S ? estaba ebrio el solista ?
serchcrazy1 5 months ago
@serchcrazy1 Jajaja.
Maskervart 2 months ago
@Maskervart ????? la risa es de ??? o por qué???? ojalá puedas explicarme
serchcrazy1 3 weeks ago
@serchcrazy1 Supongo que me generó risa tu comentario, disculpa si te molestó.
Maskervart 3 weeks ago
Thank you for sharing.
kamurynavareyes 6 months ago
Wonderful! thank you for posting this for all of us to share. Thank you.
ctmale1956 6 months ago
The hons in the background are amazing...
mozartiano123 6 months ago
don't you hate it when ALL the comments on the page are commenting to other comments!
namgirl09 7 months ago 38
@namgirl09 Well ducky, it's supposed to be a "forum" open to discussion... It'd be wished it were so without 3-letter words.
Gheorgyi 7 months ago
@namgirl09 nah
unluckytoad 4 months ago
5:31 Ain't she cute, with "'o doppio ricciurillo 'n fronte"??!!!
Gheorgyi 7 months ago
The best FRasquita ever!
Alce2008 7 months ago
LIBYA HARDCASTLE
SRI LANKA SOUNDTRACK
KENYA PHOTOGRAPH
CHINA NONSENSE
whotaughtyou 7 months ago
CAALA
SOUNDTRACK
WAIST
whotaughtyou 7 months ago
Does anyone know the english lyrics please?
notblondeswede 8 months ago
@notblondeswede There's none. The opera is in French.
Gheorgyi 7 months ago
@Gheorgyi Yes the opera, but a song lyrics translation to english would be helpful to be able to understand everything (except the obvious things). I'm not english but it's a global language used for making yourself understood.
notblondeswede 7 months ago
@notblondeswede
English deserves a capital E.
codownni 7 months ago
@codownni It does.
notblondeswede 7 months ago
@codownni EVERY language in the world rates a capital initial letter on its name. English, no more than any other: it is, too, just a language. The same if the term is used for the designation of the nationality of people,
Gheorgyi 7 months ago
@Gheorgyi
"EVERY language in the world rates a capital initial letter on its name" Yes quite right, my point exactley. The person who I was replying to (not you) understood fully that the word England deserves a capital letter. You seem to be leaving comments attempting to show your inteligence or cultural background, how sad. Your anti Englishness and Pan Francais is quite detestable.
codownni 7 months ago
@codownni #1, the word "England" is a nation' s proper name and, as such, deserves by right a capital initial letter; "english" is an adjective, and rates it if used to designate them such, e.g., as"an Englishman", "the English people": . Now, if I say (or rather, write) "english food is known as lousy", that''s an adjective and the initial letter can be in lower case. These are simple rules of elementary grammar.
Gheorgyi 7 months ago
@codownni #2. #2, I'm not "attempting" to show anything, my intelligence and culture shine by themselves from my writings ;-): I've got nothing to do with France; as a matter of fact, I dislike both Limeys AND Frogs: either one a conceited bunch: I am an equal opportunity disliker. Put all this into your pipe and smoke it. ;-D
Gheorgyi 7 months ago
@Gheorgyi
I think you need to get laid mate/darling. Delusion of grandeur methinks, the poster did not use the word English as a adjective, he was reffering to the English language so that pretty much nulifies your entire little bigotted tirade. Have another go though if this is your idea of social interaction
codownni 7 months ago
@codownni Evidently, you have no idea about the physiology (= "workings", if the word is too difficult for you) of the human body. It figures. At 82 years, I am way past such whims such as "getting laid": I got my share of that at a more proper age, and had 4 children in the process. As to YOUR English language, that "reffering" is a REAL gem... So, go back to elementary school, bozo. You are a Brit, so your pH must be pretty low, All those limes...
Gheorgyi 7 months ago
Seems what I have been saying has been quite accurate up until now, you do not have sex, and you did just use a capital E (thanks). As far as your insults, I'd expect better from a 82 year old, but then again racism is a lack of intelligence not youth. By your standards, I must assume, that you are morbidly obese with a gun on your lap and a bible in your hand. As far as the "limey" insult, I'm sure if you knew the origins of it, you would see it stems from the British discovery of vitamin c.
codownni 7 months ago
@codownni I - Buster, my BMI ("body mass index" is a perfect 24, I don't own any guns, I've never put my eyes on the bible in my life (except when I used to try and put it into comic strips). "Limey": British ships used to carry large quantities of limes (the fruit) as an expedient preventive remedy against scurvy ("expedient": nobody knew much about vitamins in those days, including Vit C - a..k.a. "ascorbic" = "a-scurvic acid". (more to follow, buster).
Gheorgyi 7 months ago
@codownni II -. You see, buster, your trouble lies in the fact that you bumped into an M.D., a Doctor of Medicine (that’s ME), who can’t be fooled by your fairy tales about the “British discovery of Vit C”. James Lind, a ship surgeon in the British Navy, made a very casual and coincidental observation in 17 47, but it was two Norwegians, and a Polish-American (Szent-Gyorgyi) who scientifically discovered it and described it and its properties (1932, 1934, 1937).
Gheorgyi 7 months ago
@codownni II -. III – I know by myself I have a good knowledge of English., you don’t need to tell me: I’ve been at it for 68 years, and maybe I’ve used it in more official writings, than you can possibly dream of. As to “dementia”, it’s this very way I demolish your idiocies that shows you it’s very far from me. Now, buster, buzz off my @@ - piss off.
Gheorgyi 7 months ago
Please note, I said: "By your standards"... I also like how you just paraphrased Wikipedia, even though I evidently know exactly from where the insult "limey" originated. It is almost a insult to have better health isn't it? lol I'm also very glad that you are a Doctor and have written very "official writings", (more demented ramblings + delusion of grandeur). But oh how the mighty have fallen, no more "official writings" just getting repeatedly owned by a youth on youtube lol.
codownni 7 months ago
@codownni - I -. You know, "youth" (remember Joe Pesci in "My Cousin Winnia"?), you really are hilarious. For one thing, you resort to that ridiculous expression "get owned", a production of your generation, so no surprise about its ridiculousness; another thing, the history of the discovery of ascorbic acid = Vit C has been in medical books (pharmacology), which you surely have no access to and, anyhow, would be too ignorant to read,
Gheorgyi 7 months ago
@codownni II - "Wikipedia" is a product of your insulse generation, and undeoubtedly much more accessible to, and agreeable with, such a minus-habens as you are; ONE MORE thing, bozo, is "limey" REALLY an insult? Maytbe Americans use it as such, and I'm NOT an American and I meant it as simply descriptive and historical; if you consider it an "insult", havbe it your way, I can only be glad to have gottenm to your ass with a flame-thrower;
Gheorgyi 7 months ago
@Gheorgyi
You are very strange lol, this is just sad now, im done. You win. Congrats.
codownni 7 months ago
III - GOING ON, those "demented ramblings" have been declared "prescribed reading" for medical students in American medical schools, and are STILL quoted in PubMed AND MedLine, both things you can't have the faintest notion about; FINALLY, you young nincompoop, YES, I'm not writing on those subjects anymore - I have retired, NOW my pastime is going after young nincompoops such as you on YT, and burning their arse at the bits of nonsense they write. Very easy: they usually are illiterates-
Gheorgyi 7 months ago
@Gheorgyi
Brilliant, may you continue to rejoice in your own greatness for many years to come, like a lobster in bisque. you truly are a remarkable and inspiring individual. God bless you any your entire familly. On behalf of everybody who has benifited from your medical contributions, thank you. Thank you for your invaluable contrubition to humanity.
codownni 7 months ago
@codownni Getting ironic, ain't we? Well, it's already an improvement over banality, VERR-EE good. Dismissed, "youth".
Gheorgyi 7 months ago
@codownni II -. You see, buster, your trouble lies in the fact that you bumped into an M.D., a Doctor of Medicine (that’s ME), who can’t be fooled by your fairy tales about the “British discovery of Vit C”. James Lind, a ship surgeon in the British Navy, made a very casual and coincidental observation in 17 47, but it was two Norwegians, and a Polish-American (Szent-Gyorgyi) who scientifically discovered it and described it and its properties (1932, 1934, 1937).
Gheorgyi 7 months ago
@Gheorgyi
"..such whims such as.." "It figures." "I got my.."
Indeed, your command over the (E)nglish language is truly outstanding. If you are still alive and have time to reply before your dementia takes full control of you, maybe you could learn the subject that you rant about pedantically.
codownni 7 months ago
@notblondeswede Again that mistake, calling it a "song". This is a piece from an opera, not a "song" (check on am English dictionar for what "song" means); it cannot be disjoined from the whole of the opera. If English is now a "global" language, bad luck for the "globe".IOn the days when this opera was written, FRENCH was the language of "le bon ton", of elegance, of diplomacy, of international travelling and cpmmunication. Learn French, it' CAN BE DONE, you know?.
Gheorgyi 7 months ago
@Gheorgyi I really enjoy opera? You don't have to be a specialist to like it. It's not really giving opera such good publicity to give the impression of it simply being filled with vainglorious people. It's a global language. French used to dominate the west before, it's not to be denied, but times have changed and the world is being taught English, something that you can't blame us for. French is much more difficult and my own preference is English. French works more beautifully in opera.
notblondeswede 7 months ago
@notblondeswede Good for you if you enjoy it, it's not a question of "specialization". I guess the difficulty of languages depends a lot on one's own mother tongue and the affinity it has with others. As an Italian, I find French more accessible, but I do understand a Swede having a preference for English.
Gheorgyi 7 months ago
the classical lve story: he loves her, she doesnt love him but uses him to escape from prison. after a third man appears. she loves him, but he doesnt love her, and so on and so forth.
danutpopescu1 8 months ago
@danutpopescu1 Aw c'mon man, have some sensauyma, bear with ol' Georges Bizet., won't you? After all, even an opera composer must make a living and ends meet; opera-wise, the competition in Paris was fierce in his time, after Rossini's "Guglielmo Tell" - there were Meyerbeer, Weber, the lot... No wonder he had to make with a story a little abused, a little trite. Cheers, man.
Gheorgyi 7 months ago
@Gheorgyi Gheorgyi, I can believe you wish well with some of your lectures in opera, based on experience but it's best to take it easy. People are experimenting, things are done differently and even though something isn't perfect you don't have to say it in a brutal way. There is a way of being polite which a man of your age of course have learnt. People appreciate it and you'll find yourself in richer dicussions than name-calling etc. Discussing is fun- fighting at YouTube is quite unnecessary.
notblondeswede 7 months ago
@notblondeswede *on YouTube.
notblondeswede 7 months ago
a good lesson on how not to sing.
rovingdesertfox 8 months ago
@rovingdesertfox ho Ho HO, and what height of competence does this senternce fall fromì? He has "le physique du rôle", he surely shows off the muy-macho-hombre deportment suitable for it, so -. you have something to say on his singing? could you be somewhat more specific? It's not I do/don't agree with you, I'm just curious about the reason for your opinion.
Gheorgyi 7 months ago
Carmen is why I studied French as the second foreign language when I was a university student.
foeuqui 8 months ago
@foeuqui And this one just told us in one stroke that he studied TWO foreign languages (but not if he can utter a word in either one) and that he's been a university student (but not if he graduated....) BIG DEAL, mate
Gheorgyi 7 months ago
Carmen takes place in Spain but Bizet is a frenchman so the lyrics of this song are french.
TheFuely 8 months ago
@TheFuely
Oui, je sais ça !
laboheme26 8 months ago
@TheFuely THIS really is a momentous discovery...
Gheorgyi 7 months ago
@TheFuely Formidable display of culture, with just a LEE-TLE flaw: Bizet "IS" French??!!! He died in 1875, i.e. 136 ago. Better get your bearings straighened out, fella.
Gheorgyi 7 months ago
This just looks like a typical Saturday night in our French village.
We still dress like that too.
:-0
laboheme26 8 months ago 5
Some people whom passed me by would say, “Hello, Carmen”. I was quite flatter due to my youth.
Rikku2250 8 months ago
I saw Opera at a Theatre years ago, when I was but a child. I was dressed in a Flamenco dancer’s dress, complete with those clapper things, and shoes.
It was in Spanish, but for those non-speakers (myself included) there were subtitled about the stage. My mum knows Spanish though. I could look at both the subtitles and the Opera at the same time (due to my eyesight I had to binoculars) which was rather annoying, but I nevertheless enjoyed it.
Rikku2250 8 months ago
BRAVOOOO!
KriBlackRoson 8 months ago
0:33 - He's wearing a hat ON TOP OF HIS HAT. O.O That must be some hard liquor he's taking.
Wanlingnic 8 months ago 3
If that chick plays Carmen, I seriously misunderestimated the French. I thought they had hot chicks.
BINGFRYSRDUN 9 months ago
I just realized that sounds somewhat similar to sloprano >.<
lipnoodle117 9 months ago
I've never seen Carmen but heard the music and love it.
kll510 9 months ago
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holy fuck - david is my teacher. all hail Holloway!!
emilykol 10 months ago
holy fuck - david is my teacher. all hail Holloway!!
emilykol 10 months ago
Viva el toreo!!!
al204121 10 months ago
i was supposed to go to this with my french class but i had the flu, i didn't really wanna go but i like this song
detroithater347 10 months ago
i like the part where bizet HATED this song. he wanted to write a real piece of trash. and then it was one of the most popular songs. :D
youcantbematt 10 months ago
SO COOL! I used to go to this guy's house to play with his kids :P haha.
zoesker 10 months ago
Viva, viva el torero!
btorido 10 months ago
fantastic
MrPhoenix1983 11 months ago
Bizet's Carmen>Miley Cyrusx100000to the power of lil wayne..
thumbs if you agree:D
yourbestfrann15 11 months ago 61
@yourbestfrann15 So you're saying Carmen > 1? Because raising anything to the lil wayne power yields 1. x^0 =1 for all values of x after all... ;-)
SimuLord 7 months ago
@SimuLord haha, was my first thought too....
manniman82 7 months ago
@yourbestfrann15 your gay
howitzer1905 7 months ago
@yourbestfrann15 Opera>Miley Cyrus :D
joyhorse13 3 months ago
30 personas escuchan lady gaga
canaca3330 11 months ago 3
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Anyone else seeing Clint Eastwood at 00:10?
alirobertson93 11 months ago
What vocal range is this?
Fathergia 11 months ago
@Fathergia he is baritone
dazzle21girl 11 months ago
@dazzle21girl Oh awesome :D hehe, I am a Baritone and the choir director insists that she help me learn to sing, but I haven't heard a lot of Baritones. Mainly Bass or Tenors, I thought he might have been a Baritone, but I can't identify each part perfectly yet, and I didn't want to look like an idiot.
Fathergia 11 months ago
@Fathergia Escamillo (this character) is written mainly for a dramatic bass-baritone/baritone. If you want to hear some other good baritones here's a few: Dmitri Horovstovsky, Herman Prey, Leonard Warren, Dietrich Fischer Diskau, Thomas Hampson, Bryn Terfel, Sherill Milnes, etc.
tiwo1008 11 months ago
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alirobertson93 1 year ago
@alirobertson93 only Chuck Norris can be at 10:00
acalinn 11 months ago
@acalinn haha true :D
meant 00:10
alirobertson93 11 months ago
O Toreador don't spit on the floor
Use the cuspidor that's what it's for....
musicallyspeakings88 1 year ago 2
who played carmen in this version?
miketallica665 1 year ago
I am a contralto and can reach all these notes. I'd love to perform it, but I don't know how to pronounce the French words!
dazzle21girl 1 year ago
@dazzle21girl can I help you ?
azerty20091955 1 year ago
@dazzle21girl If you are a contralto, this piece is NOT for you.
Gheorgyi 7 months ago
@Gheorgyi actually, if i can hit all the notes, why can't i sing it? just because my voice type is called "contralto?"
dazzle21girl 7 months ago
@dazzle21girl No ma'am, only because you couldn't be figured out as a muy-macho-hombre such as this character is s'pposed to be... and toreadores and matadores are MUY particular about it... ;-). About another question of yours: operatic singers can perform in other languages by mastering the IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet). It's part of their training. I wish you many good "acuti" in contralto key.
Gheorgyi 7 months ago
How can Geelong let them get away with such naked thievery?
Ultrakalifragilistic 1 year ago
@Ultrakalifragilistic "Geelong" being what - an AustraliaN aborigen NAME, or a brand of TEA??!!!?
Gheorgyi 7 months ago
Y olé!!!
vergelsecreto 1 year ago
@vergelsecreto
Y Olé!Y Olé!Y Olé!Y Olé!Y Olé!Y Olé!Y Olé! Super ;) Maravilloso!!!
AsineD191 1 year ago
exelente maravilloso.
safarienvenus24 1 year ago
I always loved this song and when "hey Arnold" did a play about back in the day it cemented this song into my soul
DarthJesus 1 year ago 34
@DarthJesus my sentiments exactly!
TheIrieFeeling 4 months ago
simplemente hermoso
TheISMAEL124 1 year ago
J'aime bien !
大好きだよ！
asakusahito 1 year ago
Opera arent my sort of music, but i kind of like this one, fun :D
PBstuffstudios 1 year ago
1:36 qual a graça?
lerosalima 1 year ago
It's one of my favourite operas...
leta2504 1 year ago
ΤΟΥΣ ΔΙΑΦΟΡΟΥΣ ΛΑΟΥΣ ΠΡΕΠΕΙ ΝΑ ΤΟΥΣ ΔΕΧΟΜΑΣΤΕ ΜΕ ΤΙΣ ΙΔΙΑΙΤΕΡΟΤΗΤΕΣ ΤΗΣ ΚΟΥΛΤΟΥΡΑΣ ΤΟΥΣ.
ΑΝ ΦΤΑΙΝΕ ΠΟΥ "ΣΚΟΤΩΝΟΥΝ" ΤΟΥΣ ΤΑΥΡΟΥΣ ΑΛΛΟ ΤΟΣΟ ΦΤΑΙΝΕΙ ΚΑΙ ΕΚΑΤΟΜΥΡΙΑ ΤΟΥΡΙΣΤΕΣ ΠΟΥ ΕΧΟΥΝ ΤΡΕΞΕΙ ΓΙΑ ΝΑ ΑΠΟΛΑΥΣΟΥΝ ΤΟ ΘΕΑΜΑ
Woodspiritsoul 1 year ago
I often sing this at work (in French!) and of course get the oddest looks from co-workers! But they know I love Opera and speak French and so just sort of accept it! A little strange? perhaps, but a lot of fun just the same!
tuxtommy69 1 year ago 17
@tuxtommy69 Don't worry I was riding my horse at a horse show working cattle, I noticed I started singing this song quietly as I moved the cattle around.
cuttinhorse101 1 year ago 4
@cuttinhorse101 Great to hear I'm not the only one! Good for you,plus you have the metaphorical working in your favor! Your horse being the bull & the show arena being the bullfighting arena. Keep singing (as I will), it's good for the soul!
tuxtommy69 1 year ago
@tuxtommy69 It was pretty funny, after working cattle my friend asked me "Where you singing Toreador?" I proudly nodded My friend simple said "you're a nut"
Oh well I found that it made working cattle a lot more fun.
cuttinhorse101 1 year ago
@tuxtommy69 Any homosexuality contained within your statement is negated by the sheer beauty of Carmen and the genius of Bizet.
MrTrenchcoatguy 7 months ago
@MrTrenchcoatguy Completely agree with you about the sheer beauty of Carmen and the genius of Bizet. Paradoxically, the homophobia contained in your statement is also negated!
tuxtommy69 7 months ago
@tuxtommy69
Please forgive me if any homophobic sentiment was expressed in my statement. I'm not experienced in this newfangled irony thing all the kids are talking about.
MrTrenchcoatguy 7 months ago
Ha, this rules, he makes Escamillio look like a P-I-M-P
yubathetuba 1 year ago 2
per me questo baritono hà una bella voce ,ma deve smettere di fumare perche dal sigaro perde la bellezza della sua voce ...
bodiloto 1 year ago
Thank you for uploading this popular scene from Bizet's Opéra Comique Carmen, it's a full experience watching the Toreador aria in its opera context.
Sabinuchi 1 year ago
The tempo is boring...so slow! And there is no acting, terrible!
tenorbasse 1 year ago
@tenorbasse
NNoob Everyone Knows That In Toreador Opera Part Theres No Acting Just Ever One Listen At Escamillo
NAZIMVM 1 year ago
@NAZIMVM I have sung in the Glyndebourne new production of Carmen recently. I must say people around Escamillo looked much more excited and interested. These people are supposed to be drunk(at least Zuniga). And, maybe because of the tempo, Escamillo doesn't seem very passionated here. I am currently performing this role, and believe me, there is a lot of acting...I jump on the table, miming time to time toreador's movement, and flirting with the girls.staging in my Carmen is much more lively.
tenorbasse 1 year ago
@NAZIMVM Sorry, I am french and my english is not immaculate...NNoob? Did you mean "Noob"? I am a professional opera singer and I have sung Carmen with Glyndebourne 30 times 2 years ago...When I say "acting", it is not only about movements, it is people's attitude...No need to be insulting calling me "noob"
tenorbasse 1 year ago
@tenorbasse First of all, you must have missed the memo that YouTube is not a forum for saying how awesome you are. You can post your own video of it if you're so great. Second, you start by complaining that Escamillo doesn't move enough, then you say acting isn't about movement, but about attitude...but Escamillo's attitude here suits me fine, he looks regal and full of bravado, but if he was jumping around on tables he'd just look like an idiot.
aubreyprosper1994 1 year ago
@aubreyprosper1994 i think escamillo's acting is fine, I was speaking about the acting in general in this scene, especially the chorus...They don't seem to be interested in Escamillo's narration as if they were not understanding the words. I am not saying my Escamillo was great, it was just an example to point it is possible to have a little bit more life on stage...I am not complaining about the singers but about the stage director...I just think it could be a little be more lively
tenorbasse 1 year ago
@tenorbasse Oh, I see what you're saying...never mind, I just misinterpreted you. Disregard my earlier statement.
aubreyprosper1994 1 year ago
@tenorbasse This tempo is awesome and shows the feeling of the characters. Also, they are singing. There isn't much acting when someone is singing hardocre like that.
poisonedHIMbamfan 1 year ago
i know this sonf on piano
NAZIMVM 1 year ago
Wow!!!!!! God this is the best Sunday morning wakeup ever ;-D
allegroboy0 1 year ago
impresionante, como se nota k este hombre era un genio, arriba bizet!
llullokanals 1 year ago
I had thought Bizet was Spanish for a while.
BecuzIt 1 year ago
Thanks for this post. Carmen is also very good. Who is this please?
I would like to hear this song with E. Bastianini. I have been said it's terrific.
Aetion 1 year ago
que cncion tan bella
zazagu 1 year ago
Best of Toredor songs
mertyazan55 1 year ago
beautiful! its an awesome song on the piano
Ayumura96 1 year ago
Fantastiskt! Helt fantastiskt!
yuliya1804 1 year ago
siiiiiempre me ha gustado esta obra esta es de mis operas favoritas y ademas me encanta la escenografia y todo esta simplemente sensacional ya ni las pelis de holliwood stan asi jajajajajajaj
LECSDR 1 year ago
Viva la opera
viva
Bizet
verdimex 1 year ago 4
je travaille desus a l ecole pour le 8 juin
ABBA860 1 year ago
VIVA ESPAÑAAAA!!!!!!!!!
elqsfue 1 year ago 4
@elqsfue Bizet es Frances ...
ROME59 9 months ago
1:35 is CLASSIC
Dadutta 1 year ago
Expetacular ! ! !
oscarmeireles 1 year ago
et quand l'amour t'attend... Bravo.
J'adore Carmen.
A great performance. Превосходно!!!
Veonika111 1 year ago
simplemente genial
lokillademallorca 1 year ago
Fantastico.
Tenorbravo 1 year ago 2
gigi
J'adore l'opera de Carmen je ne m'em lasserai jamais
nathaliehebrpierce 1 year ago 2
Truly wonderful!
astrrorek 1 year ago
Magnifico, maravilhoso, deslumbrante!!!
shaul43 1 year ago 2
magnificent
cjcjcj212 1 year ago 7
:))
sorrelita2010 2 years ago
bravo bravo
weaponhand57 2 years ago
magnifico!!!
ActaiosReborn 2 years ago
vous la connaissez aussi cella ? Toreador ton cul n'est pas en or ni en argent ni en fer blanc toreador toré toré ador Lol non je rigole très jolie chanson vraiment formidable
marutuadu29 2 years ago
A bit slow for my liking
leporello56 2 years ago 3
Kaum besser zu sehen..
Lutzilinde 2 years ago 2
con eata musica se parte plaza en 33 plasas de francia y en la progreso de guadalajara .jal mexico
LUIgi2261 2 years ago
good
olayhakan 2 years ago
Never kill the beat danutpopescu1, beat out that rhythm on a drum.
TheIanmulcahy 2 years ago
¡Toreador, Toreador, olé!
humboldt777 2 years ago 2