Carmen

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").
Micala appears seeking Jos, her fianc, but is accosted by the impudent soldiers who desire her company, causing her to run away. As Jos 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 sonn"). 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 Jos ("Carmen! sur tes pas, nous nous pressons tous!"). Jos is temporarily transfixed until Micala brings him a letter and kiss from his mother ("Parle-moi de ma mre!").

Jos 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 Jos 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 Jos to arrest her, and escort her to the gaol. Carmen seduces Jos with a Seguidilla ("Prs des remparts de Sville"), and convinces Jos to let her escape. Jos is arrested for letting Carmen escape.

Performance Info

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