Toreador Song

{ \new Staff \with { \remove "Time_signature_engraver" } \clef "bass" \key f \minor bes,_"Range" (f') } The bass-baritone couplet has a vocal range from B2 to F4 and a tessitura from C3 to E4. Its time signature is common time (4/4), its key is F minor with the refrain in F major. The tempo indication is allegro molto moderato, =108. The orchestra introduces the first melodic section, which is jaunty and flashy. Like Carmen's Habanera, it is built on a descending chromatic scale as Escamillo describes his experiences in the bullfighting ring. In the chorus praising the toreador, the music turns celebratory and confident in character. Frasquita, Mercédès, Carmen, Moralès, Zuniga and the chorus join for the repeat of the refrain. ==Libretto==

Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre, Señors, señors car avec les soldats oui, les toréros, peuvent s'entendre; Pour plaisirs, pour plaisirs, ils ont les combats! Le cirque est plein, c'est jour de fête! Le cirque est plein du haut en bas; Les spectateurs, perdant la tête, Les spectateurs s'interpellent À grand fracas! Apostrophes, cris et tapage Poussés jusques à la fureur! Car c'est la fête du courage! C'est la fête des gens de cœur! Allons! en garde! Allons! allons! Ah! (Refrain ×2) Toréador, en garde! Toréador! Toréador! Et songe bien, oui, songe en combattant Qu'un œil noir te regarde, Et que l'amour t'attend, Toréador, l'amour, l'amour t'attend! Tout d'un coup, on fait silence, On fait silence... ah! que se passe-t-il? Plus de cris, c'est l'instant! Plus de cris, c'est l'instant! Le taureau s'élance en bondissant hors du toril! Il s'élance! Il entre, il frappe!... un cheval roule, entraînant un picador, "Ah! Bravo! Toro!" hurle la foule, le taureau va... il vient... il vient et frappe encore! En secouant ses banderilles, plein de fureur, il court! Le cirque est plein de sang! On se sauve... on franchit les grilles! C'est ton tour maintenant! Allons! en garde! allons! allons! Ah! (Refrain ×2) Toréador, en garde! Toréador! Toréador! Et songe bien, oui, Et songe en combattant Qu'un œil noir te regarde, Et que l'amour, t'attend! Toréador, l'amour, l'amour t'attend! (Refrain x2) L'amour! L'amour! L'amour! Toréador, Toréador, Toréador! Your toast, I can requite it, Señores, Señores, because with soldiers, yes, toreros can reach an understanding, Because for pleasure, for pleasure they [both] fight! The bullring is full, it is a festival day! The bullring is full from top to bottom; The crowd, losing its head, the crowd cries out in a great roar! Calling out names, shouts, and noises Rise to a frenzy, For this is the celebration of courage! It is the celebration of the brave at heart! Let's go! On guard! Let's go! Let's go! Ah! (Refrain ×2) Toreador, on guard! Toreador! Toreador! And contemplate well, yes, contemplate as you fight that a dark eye is watching you, and that love is waiting for you, Toreador, love, love is waiting for you! All at once, we are silent, we are silent,... Oh, what is happening? No more shouts, this is it! No more shouts, this is it! The bull is rushing while jumping out of its fence! He is rushing in! He's entering, hitting! A horse is falling, Dragging down a picador. "Ah! Bravo! Toro!" the crowd is calling, The bull goes on... he comes... he comes, hitting once more! While shaking his banderillas, full of rage, he runs!... The ring is full of blood! We flee... we pass the gates! It's your turn now! Let's go! On guard! Let's go! Let's go! Ah! (Refrain ×2) Toreador, on guard! Toreador! Toreador! And contemplate well, yes, contemplate as you fight that a dark eye is watching you, and that love is waiting for you, Toreador, love, love is waiting for you! (Refrain ×2) Love! Love! Love! Toreador, Toreador, Toreador! == Legacy ==

In media Usage and renditions of the Toreador Song have appeared in various forms of media, such as when the song was performed by Samuel Ramey on Sesame Street, who rewrote the lyrics to be about the letter L, or in an episode of Doctor Who. It also serves as the theme song in the 1976 film Bad News Bears. A modified version of the song is prominently featured in the 2014 video game ''Five Nights at Freddy's'', where the song plays as the theme of the title's main antagonist, Freddy Fazbear, upon the player running out of power in-game. As such, the Toreador Song has occasionally been marketed as the Freddy Fazbear theme. The 2022 anime series Thermae Romae Novae features an adaptation of the Toreador Song by Italian bass-baritone Paolo Andrea Di Pietro. The adaptation was specifically created for the series to reflect the theme of bathhouses and their practices with Japanese lyrics written by Paolo Andrea Di Pietro himself. Sports The English language version of the song, Stan' (or Stand) up and Fight, written by Oscar Hammerstein II for Carmen Jones, has long been associated with Munster Rugby. An adapted version, Geelong Cats: We Are Geelong, has been used by the Geelong Cats Australian Football League team. Since the middle of the 1990s the Toreador Song has been used in Formula 1 and the World Rally Championship during the champagne spraying on the podium. A piece of the Toreador Song's sheet music, with lyrics translated to English by Jerry Castillo, is owned by the Smithsonian Institution and kept in the National Museum of American History. ==References==