carmen
(Opéra comique in 4 acts - Music by G. Bizet - Libretto by H. Meilhac e L. Halévy)
Main Characters:
Carmen, a Gypsy
Don Josè, a Corporal
Micaela, a Country Girl
Zuniga, a Lieutenant
Escamillo, a Bullfighter
Synopsis:
Act one. A beautiful square in Seville with a cigarette
factory, a guard house, and a bridge. Morales and the
soldiers are on guard, very bored (“Sur la place, Chacun
passe”). Micaëla appears seeking José, her fiancé, but is
accosted by the impudent soldiers who desire her company,
causing her to run away. As José approaches with the new
guard, he and the soldiers are imitated by the street-children (“Avec la garde montante”). The cigarette girls emerge
from the factory, greeted by their men (“La cloche a sonné”).
Carmen appears, and all the men ask her when she will love
them (“Quand je vous aimerai?”). She replies that she loves
the man that does not love her in the famous Habanera.
(“L’amour est un oiseau rebelle”). When asked to choose a
lover, she throws a flower in front of José (“Carmen! sur tes
pas, nous nous pressons tous!”). José is temporarily transfixed until Micaëla brings him a letter and kiss from his
mother (“Parle-moi de ma mère!”). José longingly thinks of
his home. As soon as she leaves, screams are heard from
the factory and the women run out, singing chaotically (“Au
secours! Au secours!”). Don José and his superior, Zuniga
find that Carmen has been fighting with another woman,
and slashed her face with a knife. Zuniga attempts to interrogate Carmen who impudently sings a folk song, ignoring
him (“Tra la la”). Zuniga instructs José to arrest her, and
escort her to the gaol. Carmen seduces José with a Seguidilla
(“Près des remparts de Séville”), and convinces José to let
her escape. José is arrested for letting Carmen escape.
Act Two.Evening at Lillas Pastia’s inn, frequented by smugglers. Carmen and her friends Frasquita and Mercédès
sing and dance (“Les tringles des sist–res tintaient” Gypsy
Song). Zuniga attempts to woo Carmen, but she can only
think of José, who has been in jail for a month and is due to
be released that day. The Matador Escamillo is greeted with
great enthusiasm by the patrons (“Vivat, vivat le Toréro”).
He sings the Toreador song (“Votre toast, je peux vous le
rendre”) and also attempts to woo Carmen. Carmen refuses
him as well. The smugglers Dancaïro and Remendado
discuss plans with Carmen and her gypsy friends (“Nous
avons en tête une affaire” – Quintet). Carmen refuses to
accompany them, for she only can think of José. José arrives
singing a folk song (“Halte là! Qui va là! Dragon d’Alcala!”),
and he and Carmen are left alone. Carmen vexes him with
stories of her dancing. She then dances for him alone (“Je
vais danser en votre honneur...Lalala”), but is interrupted
by the trumpets calling the soldiers to the barracks. Carmen’s temper flares when José begins to leave, causing him
to pledge his devotion to her in the Flower Song (“La fleur
que tu m’avais jetée”). Carmen asks him to join the smugglers if he really loves her (“Non, tu ne m’aime pas”). He
refuses and begins to leave when he is surprised by Zuniga.
He draws his sword upon his superior officer, but the Gypsies disarm both of them and take away Zuniga (“Mon cher
monsieur”). José is forced to flee with Carmen (“La bas dans
le montagne”).
carmen
(Opéra comique in 4 acts - Music by G. Bizet - Libretto by H. Meilhac e L. Halévy)
Main Characters:
Carmen, a Gypsy
Don Josè, a Corporal
Micaela, a Country Girl
Zuniga, a Lieutenant
Escamillo, a Bullfighter
Synopsis:
Act three. A rocky gorge, where the smugglers ply their
trade. José arrives with the smugglers (“Écoute, écoute,
compagnon”), but Carmen loves him no longer, realizing
that he is not her match. She now turns to Escamillo.
Carmen, Frasquita and Mercedes read the cards
(“Mêlons! Coupons!”). Frasquita and Mercedes foresee
love and romance, wealth and luxury in their cards; but
Carmen’s cards foretell death for her and José (“En vain
pour éviter les réponses amères”). The smugglers plan
their actions (“Quant au douanier, c’est notre affaire”).
Micaëla arrives with a guide seeking José (“Je dis, que rien
ne m’épouvante”), and hides in the rocks when she hears a
gunshot. Escamillo arrives and tells José that he is
infatuated with Carmen and tells José the story of her affair
with a soldier, not knowing that José is the soldier. A fight
between José and Escamillo over Carmen is narrowly
averted by the smugglers (“Holà, holà José”). Escamillo
leaves, but invites Carmen and the smugglers to the
bullfights. Micaëla emerges and tells José that his mother
wishes to see him. At first he refuses to go (“Non, je ne
partirai pas!”), until Micaëla tells him that his mother
is dying. Vowing that he will return to Carmen, he leaves.
As he is leaving, Escamillo is heard singing in the distance.
Carmen rushes to the sound of his voice, but José bars
her way.
Act four. A square before the arena at Seville.
The general populace prepare for the bull fight (“A deux
cuartos!”) (occasionally played as a ballet with a different
text: “Dansez, dansez”) and they see the cuadrilla arrive
(“Les voici! voici la quadrille”). Carmen and Escamillo are
greeted by the crowds and celebrate love and victory,
Carmen adding that she had never loved one so much
(“Si tu m’aimes, Carmen”). Frasquita warns Carmen that
José is in the crowd (“Carmen! Prends garde!), and that he
intends to kill her, but Carmen says she will speak to him.
Before she can enter the arena she is confronted by the
pale and despairing José (“C’est toi! C’est moi!”). For the
last time, half-crazed he demands her love and fidelity, even
after she repeatedly explains that she loves him no longer.
When she scornfully throws back the ring that he gave to
her (“Cette bague, autrefois), he stabs her to the heart
(“Eh bien, damnée”) and she dies at the moment that
Escamillo triumphs in the arena. The spectators exit the
arena and José, completely broken, confesses his action
to all, exclaiming: “Ah! Carmen! ma Carmen adorée!”.
carmen
(Opéra comique in 4 acts - Music by G. Bizet - Libretto by H. Meilhac e L. Halévy)
Rappresentazioni
Performances
AIDA, TOSCA, NABUCCO, CARMEN, RIGOLETTO, GALA ROMEO ET JULIETTE.
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CARMEN
AIDA
AIDA
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CARMEN
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CARMEN
TURANDOT
AIDA
CARMEN
TURANDOT
BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA
AIDA
CARMEN
BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA
AIDA
TURANDOT
CARMEN
AIDA
CARMEN
GALA
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CARMEN
AIDA
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BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA
CARMEN
TURANDOT
AIDA
BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA
TURANDOT
AIDA
CARMEN
BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA
TOSCA
AIDA
AIDA
TOSCA
CARMEN
AIDA
TOSCA
CARMEN
CARMEN
TOSCA
AIDA
CARMEN
TOSCA
AIDA
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