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Minimalist opera poster of Carmen by Georges Bizet - a perfect gift for opera fans. This is the black-white-red version, I made another color version of this poster with sandy tones.

'My feelings for Bizet’s Carmen have always been pretty controversial.
I've always found the story of the gypsy Carmen destroying everyone’s lives around her rather irritating as I could never understand how any man can fall for a woman like her - unfortunately that leaves me with zero sympathy for any of the characters…
But the music is brilliant, captivating and definitely deserving the popularity: it’s one of the most performed operas in the classical canon; ‘Habanera’ and the ‘Toreador Song’ are both among the best known operatic arias.

The sheet music at the bottom of the poster is from Habanera, the famous entrance aria of Carmen.

This poster is part of my continuously augmented opera-themed poster collection featuring the works of Mozart, Verdi, Puccini, Wa...

Collections featuring original artwork of illustrator and writer Moira Risen and carefully curated collections of digitally restored and cleaned illustrations from artists of the Golden Age, vintage botanical drawings, advertising posters from the early 1900's, traditional Chinese flower and bird paintings and some selected works of modernist painters. With licensing inquiries or any other questions please contact Moira personally via this email. You find more information about her and her creative projects on her personal website and on her blog. About Moira's artwork: 'I rather label my creations illustrations than classic fine art pieces because almost always there's a story (or at least a fragment of a story...) behind them -...