PacificOperaVictoria | Inside Opera ONLINE Episode 2 | Carmen in Popular Culture | April 26, 2020 @PacificOperaVictoria | Uploaded April 2020 | Updated October 2024, 1 minute ago.
Robert Holliston explores how Bizet's late-19th century opera Carmen continues to inspire popular culture today. From Gilligan's Island to Dorothy Dandridge, from Beyoncé to the Swedish Chef, it's tune are immediately recognizable and timelessly catchy.

Accompanying 'Carmen in Pop Culture' YouTube links:

GILLIGAN's ISLAND
October 3, 1966 (featuring Phil Silvers and co-directed by Ida Lupino) --

1. Polonius gives advice to Laertes: youtube.com/watch?v=bXId5jOTxdg

2. Hamlet's soliloquy: youtube.com/watch?v=3JQ8yF04y9o


CARMEN JONES

3. Beat Out That Rhythm on the Drum (Pearl Bailey): youtube.com/watch?v=88rRu4F1WK0

4. Dorothy Dandridge (1922-1965): Taking a Chance on Love (Cabin in the Sky) - Velvet Nightclub 1953: youtube.com/watch?v=oHyBOF8Pvwg

5. Dorothy Dandridge (glimpse of Harry Belafonte) - Habañera: youtube.com/watch?v=_88YGrzRcmw


THE MUPPETS

6. Swedish Chef and Beaker: youtube.com/watch?v=jXKUb5A1auM&t=14s


SESAME STREET

7. Orange sings Carmen: youtube.com/watch?v=Z8TqOTe3ODc

8. Samuel Ramey and the letter "L": youtube.com/watch?v=3G315yrvdwY


OTHERS

9. Beyoncé Pepsi Commercial: youtube.com/watch?v=Qc802fRRTeA

10. Vladimir Horowitz: Carmen Variations - Carnegie Hall, 1968: youtube.com/watch?v=WV_Nh884PKg


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Chapters
0:00 Intro
0:30 Opera & Pop Culture
1:20 Examples
2:17 Gilligan's Island
4:09 History of Carmen
6:08 Carmen Jones
9:39 Muppets
10:11 Horowitz