Carmen in Full Score this fictional biography of Joan

this fictional biography of Joan of Arc was purportedly written by Joan's page and secretary — Sieur Louis de Conté

amid congressional doubt

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Carmen in Full Score this fictional biography of JoanWhen he first heard Carmen, Tchaikovsky enthusiastically predicted it would become the world's most popular opera. Wagner, too, was an admirer of this dramatic masterpiece, and Brahms claimed to have seen it 29 times. At its premiere in Paris in 1873, however, Carmen did not succeed with the public or the critics. Indeed, it created a scandal. But in time, as Tchaikovsky foresaw, it would become the favorite opera of audiences worldwide. And in over a