Carmen Jones
Georges Bizet • 1992 • Hal Leonard Corporation
- Author
- Georges Bizet
- First published
- 1992
- Publisher
- Hal Leonard Corporation
- Subjects
- Musicals
- ISBN
- 9780793510122
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Carmen Jones is an American musical adaptation of Georges Bizet's 1875 opera Carmen, featuring a libretto and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. The work famously resets the original story to the American South during World War II, replacing the cigarette factory workers with laborers in a parachute factory. It debuted on Broadway in 1943 and was celebrated for its all-Black cast and its innovative reimagining of classical European music through the lens of mid-century African American musical theater traditions.
This specific publication by Hal Leonard is a vocal score released in 1992, intended for performers and students of musical theater. The design reflects the standard educational and performance-oriented aesthetic of the publisher, focusing on clarity and accessibility for vocalists. While the score adheres to the arrangements solidified during the work's historical run, it serves as a modern archive of Hammerstein’s cultural translation, which has been analyzed for decades for its complex impact on American stage history.
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