Habanera (L’amour est un oiseau rebelle)

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"Habanera" ("L’amour est un oiseau rebelle") is the famous sultry aria sung by the character Carmen at her entrance in Georges Bizet’s opera, expressing the untamable and capricious nature of love.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf aria ⓘ
musical composition ⓘ
alternativeTitle L’amour est un oiseau rebelle ⓘ
associatedWith French opera ⓘ
Romantic era ⓘ
linked to: Romanticism
basedOn El Arreglito ⓘ
basedOnComposer Sebastián Iradier ⓘ
characterIntroduced Carmen ⓘ
characterTraitExpressed Carmen’s defiance ⓘ
Carmen’s independence ⓘ
Carmen’s sensuality ⓘ
composer Georges Bizet ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
culturalOrigin Cuban habanera dance ⓘ
describes capricious nature of love ⓘ
untamable nature of love ⓘ
dramaticFunction entrance aria ⓘ
famousLine Si je t’aime, prends garde à toi ⓘ
genre habanera ⓘ
key D minor ⓘ
language French ⓘ
lyricist Henri Meilhac ⓘ
Ludovic Halévy ⓘ
musicalForm aria ⓘ
notableTheme freedom in love ⓘ
openingWords L’amour est un oiseau rebelle ⓘ
operaAct Act I ⓘ
operaBy Georges Bizet ⓘ
orchestrationFeature prominent use of strings ⓘ
syncopated accompaniment ⓘ
partOf Carmen ⓘ
period Romantic music ⓘ
popularIn concert repertoire ⓘ
recital repertoire ⓘ
premiereCity Paris ⓘ
premiereDate 1875-03-03 ⓘ
premierePlace Opéra-Comique ⓘ
premiereWork Carmen ⓘ
rhythmicStyle Cuban dance rhythm ⓘ
sourceAuthor Prosper Mérimée ⓘ
sourceWork Carmen (novella) ⓘ
sungByCharacter Carmen ⓘ
tempoMarking Allegretto quasi andantino ⓘ
timeSignature 2/4 ⓘ
title Habanera ⓘ
usedIn advertising ⓘ
film soundtracks ⓘ
television ⓘ
voiceType mezzo-soprano ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Carmen → notableAria → Habanera (L’amour est un oiseau rebelle) ⓘ
Habanera (L’amour est un oiseau rebelle) → title → Habanera ⓘ
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Sebastián Iradier → workAdaptedAs → Habanera from Bizet’s Carmen ⓘ
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L’amour est un oiseau rebelle → alsoKnownAs → Habanera ⓘ
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El Arreglito → hasMelodyUsedIn → Habanera (Carmen aria) ⓘ
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El Arreglito → influencedWork → Habanera from Carmen ⓘ
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El Arreglito → isEarlierThan → Habanera (Carmen aria) ⓘ
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El Arreglito → hasMelodicRelationshipWith → L’amour est un oiseau rebelle (Habanera) ⓘ
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Feria → partOfCycleWith → Habanera ⓘ
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Cityscape → hasTrack → Habanera ⓘ
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