Commencer Une Autre Mort

Death often seems perfunctory in opera. It is so ubiquitous and so expected that it rarely elicits any sentiment in the viewer: no compassion, no terror, no pain. By digitally altering recordings of staged performances, this video strives to make us feel such emotion in a "revised" scene from Bizet's Carmen.

Just before Don José decides to kill his former lover, he begs her to come back to him, telling her that they can "commencer une autre vie." He promises her a new life, but that of course never arrives. Now, at least, she can have a new death.

This video has been shortlisted for YouTube Play. See the shortlist at http://youtube.com/play.

-Jacob Cooper
www.jacobcoopermusic.com

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Carmen
• opera
• death
• commencer
• mort
• Don Jose
• Jacob Cooper
• shortlist

[kwaters22]

That's 5 times I've watched this today. Amazing.

[yannisguerra]

Never thought that annoying and interesting could overlap so well.

Well done

[3rorist]

puissant!!!

[DanielaMia1]

One of the most difficult 5' of my life

[sploopidy]

I actually found it irritating...and, seizure inducing.

[museshock]

K-hole, anyone?

[timothymochley]

I threw up and cheered at the same time. Amazing..distressing..amazing.

[MikhailLifirenko]

This is tooo much, too much good sir. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH, You are a GE?nius

[NoJake]

This is what happens when you leave the VCR paused for too long, kids...

[anonymousppl]

This is a garbage video.

[bitybityfighty]

its da greatest bit of boolshiit ive ever seen

sorry but no recall for you beatch

[felixmovies]

It's incredible! Like dream!