Carmen (1915 Cecil B. DeMille film) so DeMille instructed his screenwriter brother William to base his scenario on the public domain novella "Carmen" by Prosper Mérimée. The novella's Carmen was more wilful and manipulative than the opera version. For instance, William included a cigarette factory fight scene from the book which was not found in the opera. Composer Hugo Riesenfeld arranged the orchestral score, his first of many for film, which "was" based on that of Bizet's opera. It was performed at the premiere and other prestigious screenings. There have been two restorations of Riesenfeld's score: the first was by Gillian Anderson, recorded with the London
Opera in Canada other operatic works became popular. One of these is "Leo, the Royal Cadet" (1889), by the German-born composer Oscar F. Telgmann. It deals with the career of the protagonist, Leo, and features caricatures of the Royal Military College of Canada’s professors, from which many situations and characters were drawn. The opera was first staged at Martin's Opera House in Kingston during July 1889 and went on tour with several groups afterwards. By 1925 it had impressively been performed around 150, making it a record among Canadian operas. Among the works that parodied other operas was George Broughall's "The Tearful and