Carmen by G. Bizet is one of the greatest operas of all times. Though the original version of Carmen contains spoken dialogues, the opera is more often performed in the
version by Ernest Guiraud, who replaced the dialogues with recitatives and enlarged the 4th act inserting some additional dances from Bizet's L'Arlesienne and La jolie fille de Perth ("The Fair Maid of Perth"). this is the vocal score of Guiraud's version. For performers, teachers, and music libraries.