So, Carmen was pretty fuckin' awesome. This wasn't the performance I went to, but I love the song, and James Levine is the conductor.
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The rods of the sistrums tinkled
with a metallic lustre
and on this strange music
the zingarellas (female gypsies) rose
Basque tambourines went their course
and exaggerated guitars
squeaked under stubborn hands,
same song
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