Flower Song

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"Flower Song" (French: "La fleur que tu m’avais jetée") is a famous tenor aria from Georges Bizet’s opera *Carmen*, sung by Don José as a passionate declaration of love.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf musical work
tenor aria
associatedCharacter Carmen
basedOn novella Carmen by Prosper Mérimée
linked to: Carmen (novella)
cataloguedAs aria from Carmen
characterRelationshipExpressed Don José’s love for Carmen
composer Georges Bizet
countryOfOrigin France
firstPerformanceOpera 3 March 1875
firstPerformanceOperaLocation Opéra-Comique, Paris
linked to: Opéra-Comique
genre opera aria
hasKey B-flat major
language French
librettist Henri Meilhac
Ludovic Halévy
notableFor lyrical and passionate declaration of love
notablePerformerVoiceType lyric tenor
operaAct Act II
operaComposer Georges Bizet
originalWork Carmen
partOfOpera Carmen
setting Seville, Spain
sungByCharacter Don José
sungInContext Don José recalls the flower Carmen threw to him
linked to: Don José
timePeriod Romantic era
titleInEnglish Flower Song
titleInFrench La fleur que tu m’avais jetée
vocalRange tenor
voiceType tenor

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