Carmen
卡门

Carmen is an opera in four acts by the French composer Georges Bizet. The libretto was written by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, based on a novella of the same title by Prosper Mérimée. The opera at first was not particularly successful. Its initial run extended to thirty-six performances, before the conclusion of which Bizet died suddenly, and thus knew nothing of the opera's later celebrity.
《卡门》是法国作曲家乔治·比才创作的一部四幕歌剧，故事改编自法国现实主义作家普罗斯佩·梅里美的同名小说，由比才作曲，法国的亨利·梅拉克和吕多维克·阿莱维作词。该剧一开始并不成功，首次上演后发展为36场，可惜作者比才突然去世，对该剧日后的声誉一无所知。

The opera, written in the genre of opéra comique with musical numbers separated by dialogue, tells the story of the downfall of Don José, a naïve soldier who is seduced by the wiles of the fiery Gypsy, Carmen. José abandons his childhood sweetheart and deserts from his military duties, yet loses Carmen's love to the glamorous toreador Escamillo, after which José kills her in a jealous rage. Carmen initially gained its reputation through a series of productions outside France, and was not revived in Paris until 1883; thereafter it rapidly acquired celebrity at home and abroad, and continues to be one of the most frequently performed operas.
《卡门》是一出法国喜歌剧，大量的对话穿插其中，讲述了一位天真的士兵唐·豪塞被狂热的吉卜赛女郎卡门引诱，从此沦陷的故事。豪塞为了卡门抛弃了青梅竹马的恋人，不顾军人的职责，但还是在爱情中输给了魅力无限的斗牛士艾斯卡米诺，豪塞最终按捺不住嫉妒之火刺死了卡门。《卡门》最先获得声誉是在国外一系列的上演之后，直到1883年才在国内得到认可。在这之后，《卡门》便星火燎原般蜚声国内外，跻身有史以来上演最多的歌剧之列。

The music of Carmen has been widely acclaimed for its brilliance of melooly, harmony, atmosphere and orchestration, and for the skill with which Bizet musically represented the emotions and suffering of his characters.
《卡门》的音乐因其旋律明快、气氛融洽和管弦乐丰富精致而广受赞誉，比才以其高超的音乐技艺呈现了人物的情感遭遇。