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The opera "Carmen" came from France. Bizet never even visited Spain and communication isn't what it is today. It isn't a realistic "snapshot" of anything.
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I voted for both. I couldn't choose between one of the great opera songs with chorus vs one of the great arias.
However, if the "Gypsy Song" was an option, I would have voted for that. Why? It's the most vulgar. It's a tawdry tale of awful people doing horrible things and so is at its best when it is at its most vulgar.
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