CARMEN – Long Story Short

Mia Mandineau, a student opera singer and young French YouTuber, breaks down operas on her channel, L'opéra et ses zouz. OperaVision has teamed up with her to offer you some brilliant summaries of popular operas streamed on our platform, complete with humour, drawings and quirky references to current events. What does she have to say about Carmen? Watch it now to find out!

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[rdbury]

Lust, jealousy, betrayal, violence, all the biggest hits. Carmen is a great place to start if you've never seen an opera and this was an entertaining introduction.

[dennisdec]

This is absolutely the fun way to introduce opera for beginners, I definitely highly recommend this channel.

[MLD.Ltd.]

Moral of the story: listen to your mother 🤣

[abk]

I recommend continuing this collaboration for other operas Which you upload. It is the best way to introduce opera to novice. And this young lady, Mia Mandineau, does perform fantastically here. She is very good.

[davidhull]

You are hysterical! I was never an opera fan ( probably because my father was), but I may have to watch more of your videos. You put opera in a new light.

[albedo.]

I will see this, next Tuesday in the MET
But I will never forget your funny narration.
It was a pleasure.

Thank you

[DisWldFrk]

You did a great job explaining this Opera! It was very enjoyable to watch

[RodneytheOperaRat]

3:41 7:19 *Enough already Mia we get it*

[raylotfi]

Thank you so ADORABLE, I can't stop crying 💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗

[adietrinitymusic]

Thank you for this entertaining synopsis, how helpful!

[tammie]

I know nothing of opera, only that I love the song Habanera, I think your pretty and love how you break down and explain the story, and even had humor in it, love your accent too.

[YumegakaMurakumo]

Hands up if Hey Arnold was your introduction to Carmen in "What's Opera, Arnold?"

A far better love story than 🐕 💩 Romeo and Juliet hands down. Carmen is what we call a "trick" and she played with men's love. Very entertaining synopsis as well. 🤣

[Astroeya]

C'était très original et vivant cette explication de Carmen dit donc! Du coup là c'est l'opéra et pas le roman de Mérimée j'imagine...? Les dessins m'ont bien aidée en tout cas, merci!

[threexsamama]

I absolutely love this synopsis and retelling of this wonderful opera. I do wish this could be re-recorded with middle school children in mind. So much of it is completely appropriate, but there are just a few inappropriate words and a bit of overt sexual talk. Don’t get me wrong, this is quite tastefully done, I just really wish I could show a bit younger of an audience.

[vfromthaburg]

🤲🏽👏🏾🤓 seen this opera at least 3 times in my younger yrs...

[michaelferto]

...Maybe I will watch this second opera, that I learned about tonight....

[ramongonzalez]

Amazing. Very charismatic, unique way to describe operas, Im actually elated!! keep going girl. !!!

[OlivettiLineaTypeWriter]

This is much different from the ballet. Obviously there’s a lot of similarities. But the pacing of the ballet makes it feels as though Carmen is two timing them while this just makes Don Jose seem like a creepy stalker.

[brianhoade]

El navarro y la gitana, este chica explica perfectamente

[bbear]

I’ve heard the song that Carmen sang to seduce Don José before but never knew it was from this opera