Carmen Habanera, , BIZET

The actual title of this song is L amour est un oiseau rebelle (meaning Love is a rebellious bird in French). Learn piano with the songs you love: sponsored by flowkey However, it is more popularly known as Habanera from the opera Carmen by Georges Bizet. The music Bizet composed for this opera was his most successful, sadly they were also his last. Three months after the premiere of Carmen in 1875, Georges Bizet died of a heart attack.