| gptkbp:instanceOf | gptkb:opera 
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                                | gptkbp:authorOfSourceMaterial | gptkb:Prosper_Mérimée 
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                                | gptkbp:basedOn | gptkb:Carmen_(novella) 
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                                | gptkbp:composer | gptkb:Georges_Bizet 
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                                | gptkbp:duration | about 2.5 hours 
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                                | gptkbp:firstReception | controversial 
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                                | gptkbp:genre | gptkb:opera Romantic
 Spanish influences
 
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                                | gptkbp:influenced | gptkb:The_Loves_of_Carmen gptkb:Carmen_Jones
 gptkb:Carmen:_A_Hip_Hopera
 
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                                | gptkbp:language | gptkb:French 
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                                | gptkbp:librettist | gptkb:Henri_Meilhac gptkb:Ludovic_Halévy
 
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                                | gptkbp:mainCharacter | gptkb:Carmen gptkb:Don_José
 gptkb:Escamillo
 gptkb:Micaëla
 
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                                | gptkbp:notableAria | gptkb:Habanera gptkb:Toreador_Song
 
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                                | gptkbp:notableConductor | gptkb:Leonard_Bernstein gptkb:Herbert_von_Karajan
 gptkb:Sir_Georg_Solti
 
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                                | gptkbp:notableFeature | memorable melodies dance rhythms
 spoken dialogue
 
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                                | gptkbp:notableProduction | gptkb:Peter_Brook's_La_Tragédie_de_Carmen gptkb:Francesco_Rosi_film_(1984)
 
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                                | gptkbp:notableRecording | gptkb:Leontyne_Price_(1967) gptkb:Maria_Callas_(1964)
 gptkb:Plácido_Domingo_(1977)
 
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                                | gptkbp:notableRole | baritone (Escamillo) mezzo-soprano (Carmen)
 soprano (Micaëla)
 tenor (Don José)
 
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                                | gptkbp:numberOfActs | 4 
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                                | gptkbp:orchestration | full orchestra 
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                                | gptkbp:period | gptkb:19th_century 
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                                | gptkbp:premiereDate | 1875-03-03 
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                                | gptkbp:premiereLocation | gptkb:Opéra-Comique,_Paris 
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                                | gptkbp:publisher | gptkb:Choudens 
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                                | gptkbp:setting | gptkb:Seville,_Spain 
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                                | gptkbp:status | one of the most performed operas 
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                                | gptkbp:subject | gptkb:tragedy freedom
 love
 jealousy
 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsParent | gptkb:Teresa_Berganza 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsLayer | 6 
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                                | https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label | Carmen (Bizet) 
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