decades after its inception. Albanian dictator Enver Hoxha adopted the First Suite's "Prelude" as a military march during his reign. The Japanese group Mihimaru GT uses the theme of the "Farandole" for their song "Theme of mihimaLIVE 2". American songwriter, composer, and arranger Ben Homer created a jazz arrangement "Bizet Has His Day" from Georges Bizet's "Farandole" from L’Arlésienne, (1945). Jazz musician Bob James arranged and recorded a jazz version of "Farandole" on his album Two (1975). French choreographer Roland Petit created a ballet L'Arlésienne in 1974 which has been performed throughout the world, based on Daudet's short story and set against a Van Gogh landscape. A rock version of "Farandole" appears in the Catherine video game by Atlus. The song tune is also used in a character song called "England's Evil Summoning Song" from an anime called Hetalia: Axis Powers and was performed by Noriaki Sugiyama, who provided vocals for Arthur Kirkland/England. According to an interview with Noriaki in Hetalia Character CD Perfect Guide, the lyrics were entirely made up by the performer as the performance went on. References Further reading New York City Opera: Georges Bizet L'Arlésienne Suite No. 1, Classical Notes Suite No. 1, L'Arlésienne External links Compositions by Georges Bizet Incidental music Orchestral suites 1872 compositions Adaptations of works by Alphonse Daudet