Writing
Prosper Mérimée
Born — Died
1803-09-28 — 1870-09-23
Place of birth
Paris, France
Known for
Writing
Credits
2 titles
Prosper Mérimée (September 28, 1803 – September 23, 1870) was a French dramatist, historian, archaeologist, and short story writer. He is perhaps best known for his novella Carmen, which became the basis of Bizet's opera Carmen. He was a first cousin of the physicist Augustin Fresnel (1788-1827).
Known for
NRA sizzling tale of lust, seduction and betrayal, featuring some of opera's most famous melodies... it can only be Bizet's Carmen! See it live at your local cinema on July 1.
ENO Screen: Live in Cinema - Carmen
2015
10.0In Paris, under the Restoration, Julie de Chaverny, a young woman admired and envied by all, has been suffering for six years from an unhappy marriage to her husband, M. de Chaverny. She finally gives in to the advances of a young man she's known since childhood, deciding at last to live her own life. She wants to run away with him, but discovers it's only a passing fancy. Feeling disgraced and laughed at, she sets off for Nice to join her mother.
The Double Contempt
1967
Behind the camera
NRA sizzling tale of lust, seduction and betrayal, featuring some of opera's most famous melodies... it can only be Bizet's Carmen! See it live at your local cinema on July 1.
ENO Screen: Live in Cinema - Carmen
2015
10.0In Paris, under the Restoration, Julie de Chaverny, a young woman admired and envied by all, has been suffering for six years from an unhappy marriage to her husband, M. de Chaverny. She finally gives in to the advances of a young man she's known since childhood, deciding at last to live her own life. She wants to run away with him, but discovers it's only a passing fancy. Feeling disgraced and laughed at, she sets off for Nice to join her mother.
The Double Contempt
1967