谈起歌剧《卡门》,音乐爱好者们都会说,它是歌剧群星中的一颗明珠。这样的评论绝非过誉,而是人们的定论。说来奇怪,《卡门》甚至比它的伟大作者——乔洽·比才的名字还要响亮。这不是没有原因的。当然,如今人们都已承认,比才是世界上少有的天才音乐家。正如法国伟大哲李家尼采的赞誉,《卡门》的作者确实堪称“地中海艺术的太阳”。他给人们留下了《卡门》、《阿莱城姑娘》这样不朽的作品。然而当年,《卡门》诞生的时候,音乐界却议论纷纷,众说不一。《卡门》的成就也远不是现在所公认的那样辉煌。《卡门》所获得的伟大成功,连它的作者比才本人都不知道。因为《卡门》演出三个月之后,一八七五 Speaking of opera “Carmen”, music lovers will say that it is a pearl in the opera stars. This comment is by no means a pretext, but a conclusion of people. Strangely enough, “Carmen” was even louder than its great writer, Joe Chai Beat. This is not without reason. Of course, people nowadays recognize that Bi is the talented musician in the world. As France’s great Zhe Li Nietzsche’s praise, “Carmen” author indeed called “the sun of Mediterranean art.” He left people immortalized works such as “Carmen” and “Girls in Allai”. However, when “Carmen” was born, the music industry talked about many different opinions. Achievements of “Carmen” are far from the brilliant now recognized. The great success Carmen earned, even its author, was not known to himself. Because “Carmen” performed three months later, 1875