"Toreador's March from Carmen" - live concert accordion performance by Horace Lazzari (1987)

Please enjoy another one of Horace's numbers at the same 1987 Seattle, WA concert sponsored by the Petosa Accordion Company. Horace is performing here at an age of 63 years so, although he's past his prime you can hardly notice it. The opera "Carmen" was the last thing Bizet ever composed in his short 37 years of life, & the composer was very disappointed with its lackluster opening reception. After his death (as usually happens), the Paris musical establishment declared it an operatic masterpiece which has immortalized the great French composer. It is the most performed opera nowadays & this is the only accordion arrangement of the Toreador's (bullfighter's) March I've heard.