Séguedille, from Carmen (string trio- violin, viola, cello)

Title: Séguedille, from the opera Carmen

Composer: Georges Bizet, arr. David Gable

Instrumentation: Violin, Viola and Cello

Printout: 6 pages

Note: When he began working on the score for Carmen, Bizet set out to study Spanish folk music in order to give the opera an authentic character. This aria is based on Spanish idioms, though it is not in itself a Spanish work. Carmen sings the Séguedille at the end of Act I when, having been arrested for violently attacking a co-worker at the cigarette factory, she persuades Don José to allow her to escape, enticing him with hints of future intimacy. Carmen is not your average operatic heroine, which is one reason why the opera did not immediately appeal to the audiences of the time.

This arrangement of the Séguedille is also available in the Bargain Bundle Carmen, Selected Highlights for Violin, Viola and Cello, Set 1.

A  trio arrangement of the Séguedille for two violins and cello is also available. Click here.