This major new edition of Carmen , perhaps the world's most popular opera, includes French and English text, incorporates the original dialogues, and is backed up by complete orchestral performance material. Unique sources: includes information derived from documentation of French productions of Bizet's time - aspects not preserved in the scores or librettos at the time, nor represented in other current editions. Informative and practical: a comprehensive preface (in English, French and German) provides fascinating background information to the edition and practical guidance to the performance of Carmen