Re: Final thoughts on Carmen

[Minh Dang <dang@par.univie.ac.at>]

Hallo Thanh!


> I didn't say that the opera has anything to do with flamenco dance.
> However, it was totally arranged for flamenco in the Spanish movie I
> mentioned, and I think it is a good point to start knowing this dance
> and also the wonderful story of Carmen. BTW, this story was originally
> written by Prosper Merimee (anyone knows him/her?), and was only adapted
> to opera later on by Bizet. I agree that the music is magical, even

I read a lot of Merimee's short stories loooong time ago in VN. Beside
Carmen, I found Columba (about the people in Sicily, anyone have
read it?) is also a wonderful story.

> 
> Closing point: I also remember watching an erotic movie based on the
> Carmen story on a German channel (RTL) in Hungary a long time ago.
> Of course, I didn't understand a word, but who cared indeed! :-)
> 

Hehe, I think I saw this RTL's movie in Hungary too. Thanh, we must have
been watching this movie in TV in the same night, the title of this movie 
was "the naked Carmen". I remember it was some days after my student hostel 
(you know, it's "ky' tu'c xa' ddie^.n") had gotten a satellite and we (I and
my roommates) always waited in late Saturday night to see such erotic
movies in RTL ;-).

Thanh, have we seen each other in Budapest before? I guess yes, but I can't
remember you :-(.

Cheers,

minh.