Carmen Fantasy, Op. 25

Composer: SARASATE, Pablo de
  • Sarasate’s virtuosic Carmen Fantasy is a piece for violin and orchestra based on music from Bizet’s Carmen.
    • Written in 1881 (just a few years after the opera premiered)
  • Carmen Fantasy consists of five sections, played without pause.
  • Sarasate premiered the work in Madrid in 1881, along with the Sociedad de Conciertos de Madrid conducted by Mariano Vásquez.
  • Carmen Fantasy includes many recognizable moments from Bizet’s opera, including the Habanera, the Seguidilla, the Aragonaise, and more.1

Sources

  1. “Carmen Concert Fantasy, Op.25 (Sarasate, Pablo de),” IMSLP, accessed March 30, 2026, https://imslp.org/wiki/Carmen_Concert_Fantasy,_Op.25_(Sarasate,_Pablo_de).

Cut IDs

40100 13043 24825 28010 28018 28019