The opera "Carmen", after a short story by Prosper Merimée, and the incidental music to the play „L'Arlésienne" by Alphonse Daudet are without doubt the most important works of Bizet. It is significant for him that his Imagination was aroused most by literary subjects of high Standing. In spite of failure at their first Performances, both works became worldwide successes continuing to our days. The three examples selected here, all of them pieces complete in themselves within the larger framewor...