- Le aria evela kwi-opera edumileyo UCarmen nguGeorges Bizet ukwabizwa ngokuba yi-'L'amour est un oiseau rebelle.' ('Uthando yintaka evukelayo'). Amanqaku ayo aguqulelwe kwi-habanera 'El Arreglito,' emva koko idumile kwii-cabarets. U-Bizet wacinga ukuba yingoma yabantu, kodwa wafumanisa ukuba yayiyingoma esandula ukuqanjwa ebizwa ngokuba yi-'El Arreglito' ngumqambi waseBasque uSebastian de Yradier, owayesweleke kwiminyaka elishumi ngaphambili. Umqambi kwafuneka wongeze inqaku kumanqaku elizwi le UCarmen , evuma umthombo wayo.
- I-habanera luhlobo lomculo womdaniso odumileyo waseCuba wenkulungwane ye-19, owabuyiselwa eSpain ngoomatiloshe, apho yathi yaduma okwethutyana kwaye yadaniswa zizo zonke iindidi zoluntu. Le aria yayibizwa ngokuba yayibhalwe ngesingqi somdaniso waseCuba.
- UGeorges Bizet wazalelwa eParis ngo-Oct. 25, 1838. Uyise wayengumfundisi-ntsapho wokucula, kunye nomama wakhe engumdlali wepiyano onesiphiwo. UGeorges omncinci wayengumntwana kwaye xa wayesithoba kuphela, wangena kwi-Paris Conservatory yoMculo kwaye wakhula ngokukhawuleza waba ngumdlali wepiyano okrelekrele.
Kwiminyaka eyi-19 uBizet waphumelela iGrand Prix de Rome, isifundi sikarhulumente. Wafunda eRoma iminyaka emithathu ngaphambi kokuba abuyele eParis apho wala ukunikezelwa ngesikhundla sokufundisa kwindawo yokugcina izinto kunye nomsebenzi wokuba ngumdlali wepiyano kwikonsathi. Endaweni yoko uzinikele kwimizamo yakhe yokuqamba. Imisebenzi yakhe ngeli xesha iquka iopera Abalobi beePearl kunye nomculo womdlalo ka-Alphonse Daudet L'Arlesienne . Nangona kunjalo iinzame zakhe zokufumana udumo njengomqambi we-operatic azizange ziphumelele, kwaye akazange ahlale engenamaxhala emali. - UCarmen yi-opéra comique malunga nentombazana yegypsy enomdla kodwa ezitshabalalisayo kunye nokubulawa kwayo ngendlela engathethekiyo ezandleni zejoni lakhe elinomona. U-Bizet useke umsebenzi wakhe kwinoveli emfutshane kaProsper Mérimée, UCarmen , eyayivele ngo-Oktobha 1845.
- Ngaphandle kokuthandwa kwayo namhlanje, umsebenzi ka-Bizet waqhushumba kwi-premiere yayo ye-1875 kwi-Opéra Comique yaseParis ngo-Matshi 3, 1875 njengoko abaphulaphuli bafumana iyelenqe le-risqué, kunye nabaphangi bayo, iigypsies kunye namantombazana-ecuba, eshushu kakhulu ukuba angaphathwa. Abahlalutyi bawugxeka ukusilela, bewutyhola ngokuthi 'ukuziphatha okubi' 'nengaphandle nje.' Enye intatheli yathi: 'Eyona nto imbi ngalo Carmen kukuba akukho culo limnandi kulo. Ekupheleni komdlalo wayo wokuqala wemidlalo engama-48, iholo yeqonga yayikhupha amatikiti ukuze ikhuthaze ukubakho.
U-Bizet wayenxunguphele waza wafa ngenxa yesifo senhliziyo kwiinyanga ezintathu kamva eneminyaka eyi-37 kuphela. Kwiinyanga ezintlanu emva kokufa komqambi, yaveliswa eVienna, kwimpumelelo ebalulekileyo nethandwayo, eyaqala indlela yayo ekuthandeni kwihlabathi jikelele. Ukusukela ngeminyaka yee-1880s iye yaba yenye yezona operatisiweyo zidlalwa kakhulu ehlabathini kunye neyona nto iphambili kwingoma yeoperatic. Ngelishwa, uBizet akazange azi ngempumelelo yeopera. - UCarmen ibingumxholo wokuhlengahlengiswa komculo odumileyo ukutyhubela iminyaka. Abaninzi benu baya kuqhelana nayo uCarmen jones , i-1943 yokuguqulwa komculo we-Broadway kunye nencwadi kunye namazwi ka-Oscar Hammerstein II.
- Intandokazi yaseHollywood, 'uHabanera' ubonakalisile kwizandi zeefilimu ezininzi ezibandakanya, Phezulu , Superman Ubuya , Iibhere zeendaba ezimbi , Umbi uSanta kwaye Trainspotting .
