Questa celeberrima aria della Carmen, insieme all'Ouverture, è la più conosciuta e usata anche a scopi commerciali, tipo pubblicità.
Questo spartito si compone di 13 tipi di strumenti diversi, più il coro a quattro voci miste e il soprano solo che inscena la Sigaraia, Carmen, mentre confessa di amare Don Josè.

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Habanera is the popular name for "L'amour est un oiseau rebelle", an aria from Georges Bizet's 1875 opéra comique Carmen. It is the entrance aria of the title character, a mezzo-soprano role, in scene 5 of the first act.
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Carmen is an opera in four acts by 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 was first performed by the Opéra-Comique in Paris on 3 March 1875, where its breaking of conventions shocked and scandalized its first audiences.
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