The Toreador’s Song (viola duo)

Title: The Toreador’s Song, from the Opera Carmen

Composer: Georges Bizet, arr. David Gable

Instrumentation: Two Violas

Printout: 2 pages

Note: The Toreador’s Song – “Toreador, en garde!” – is one of the highlights of Bizet’s masterpiece, Carmen. This setting includes the both the verse and the refrain of the aria, the latter being the most familiar and popular section.

No opera set is complete without this number and Carmen’s famous Habañera.