When he has left, Micaëla emerges and begs José to return home. The smugglers separate them, and Escamillo invites everyone, Carmen in particular, to his next bullfight. He tells José that he has come to find Carmen, and the two men fight. José has fired at an intruder, who turns out to be Escamillo. Micaela appears, frightened by the mountains and afraid to meet the woman who has turned José into a criminal. When Frasquita and Mercedes turn the cards to tell their fortunes, they foresee love and riches for themselves, but Carmen’s cards spell death-for her and for José. She admits that her love is fading and advises him to return to live with his mother. José now has no choice but to join them.Īct III-Carmen and José quarrel in the smugglers’ mountain hideaway. Zuniga bursts in, and in a jealous rage José fights him. José refuses, and Carmen tells him to leave. She is unimpressed: if he really loved her, he would desert the army and join her in a life of freedom in the mountains. To prove his love, José shows her the flower she threw at him and confesses how its scent made him not lose hope during the weeks in prison.
She dances for him now, but when a bugle call is heard he says he must return to the barracks. Carmen arouses his jealousy by telling him how she danced for Zuniga. The smugglers withdraw as José approaches. Frasquita and Mercedes are willing to help, but Carmen refuses because she is in love. After the tavern guests have left with Escamillo, the smugglers Dancaïre and Remendado explain their latest scheme to the women. The bullfighter Escamillo enters, boasting about the pleasures of his profession, and flirts with Carmen, who tells him that she is involved with someone else. She learnes that José has just been released after two months imprisonment. Don José is arrested.Īct II: – Carmen and her friends Frasquita and Mercedes entertain the guests at the tavern. As they leave for prison, Carmen escapes. Mesmerized, he agrees to let her get away. Left alone with him, she entices José with suggestions of a rendezvous at Lillas Pastia’s tavern. Carmen refuses to answer Zuniga’s questions, and José is ordered to take her to prison. Zuniga sends José to retrieve the Gypsy. José is about to throw away the flower when a fight erupts inside the factory between Carmen and another girl. As he begins to read the letter, Micaëla leaves. She brings a letter from José’s mother, who lives in a village in the countryside. José picks up the flower and hides it when Micaëla returns.
Carmen throws a flower at him, and the girls go back to work. Only one man pays no attention to her: Don José.
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She tells her admirers that love is free and obeys no rules. When the factory bell rings, the men of Seville gather to watch the female workers-especially their favorite, the Gypsy Carmen. The relief guard, headed by Lieutenant Zuniga, soon arrives, and José learns from Morales that Micaela has been looking for him. Morales, another corporal, tells her he will return with the changing of the guard. Among them is Micaela, a peasant girl, who asks for a corporal named Don José.
Mercédès, Companion of Carmen Elizabeth Di Fronzo.Frasquita, Companion of Carmen Samantha Riling-Lopez.Morales, Officer of Dragoons Enrique Estrada.Zuniga, Lieutenant of Dragoons Mikhail Smigelski.Micaela, A Village Maiden Nathalie Avila.Don Jose, Corporal of Dragoons Philip Alongi.Saturday September 10 at 8:00 PM and Sunday September 11 at 4:00PM GET TICKETS Music by George Bizet with Libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, based on the strory of the same title by Prosper Mérimée.
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