Jose stabs her to death with a dagger, and he is then dumbfounded by his actions. In rejection to his persistence, Carmen throws away the ring that Jose once gave her.

He demands she leave with him, but she refuses to. Carmen remains at the square, then, Jose appears. The following month, at the square in front of the bullfight arena, Escamillo who is Carmen’s lover, is welcomed by spectators. She informs him that his mother is seriously ill. Then, Jose’s childhood friend, Micaela, visits him. Carmen is already in love another man, Escamillo who is a bullfighter. He can’t help himself to join the smugglers with her.Ĭarmen’s group members are smugglers. Carmen requires Jose not to report for roll call, but to stay with her. With that flower in his hand, He tells her his feelings.

However, Carmen seduces the guard, Jose, and runs away.Ī month later, Jose who was imprisoned for letting Carmen slip away, has just been released, and he goes to meet her at a tavern. The girls who went back to the cigarette factory, cause a quarrel. Carmen provocatively throws a flower to him, and leaves. But, only a soldier of the guard, Don Jose isn’t interested in her. She sings ‘Habanera’ and, she fascinates the young men there. Libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halevy (in French),Īround 1820, in Seville, Spain, the most provocative gypsy, Carmen, is of all the girls at a place near a cigarette factory. Summary of “Carmen” in 3 Minutes - Opera Synopsis

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