Series

Carmen

60" x 48"
Oil on Canvas
private collection
Habanera on her lips, danger in her smile—freedom disguised as love: irresistible, untamable, gone the moment you reach for her. A red-rose blaze of passion and defiance, the price of wanting written in flame.

Commissioned by Toronto City Opera to celebrate its 50th anniversary season; inspired by Georges Bizet’s Carmen.
Listen
Introduction Pt 1  by  Stravinsky
Listen from  0:00  to  3:28
With Permission:  2013 Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Recorded live in Roy Thompson Hall, December 4 & 6, 2008  www.tso.ca
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