Micaëla is discovered and reveals that Don José’s mother is dying. Escamillo departs, inviting everyone - especially Carmen - to his next bullfight in Seville.

They are interrupted by Carmen and the other smugglers. Micaëla enters searching for Don José, but she hides when Don José fires his gun at an intruder. For Carmen, the cards foresee only death.ĭon José is left behind to guard stolen goods at the camp. They have an argument and Carmen joins the women, who are using cards to tell their fortunes. There is tension between Carmen and Don José. The smugglers are on their way to the border with their stolen goods. Zuniga and Don José are restrained, but now that Don José has attacked his superior officer, he has no choice but to leave the army and join the smugglers. Don José tells her he loves her but that he must go. When Don José tells Carmen he must return to the barracks, she mocks him and accuses him of not loving her if he did, he would leave the army and join her in the mountains. Carmen refuses, saying again that she is waiting for Don José, her true love.ĭon José arrives and Carmen dances for him. They ask Carmen, Frasquita, and Mercédès for their help on a smuggling mission. The smugglers Remendado and Dancaïro enter.

He is immediately attracted to Carmen, but she refuses his advances. The famous bullfighter Escamillo arrives. José is arrested.Īt the end of a dance, Zuniga tells Carmen that José has been released after a month in prison. Once they are alone, Carmen convinces José to help her escape. Women burst loudly into the square, and Carmen is accused of wounding her co-worker with a knife. Suddenly, sounds of a fight are heard in the factory. Micaëla returns with a letter from Don José’s mother. Carmen throws a flower at him and returns to the factory. Among them is Carmen, who entrances all - except Don José. The midday bell rings, and the women who have been working in the factory come outside for their break. Lieutenant Zuniga and Don José arrive for the changing of the guard. She is told that José will arrive with the changing of the guard. Micaëla appears, looking for her fiancé, Corporal Don José. Moralès and his soldiers pass their time reading and playing dice. Gianluca Terranova is sponsored by Rhys & Carolyn Wilson.

Nicole Cabell is sponsored by Triska Drake and G. Varduhi Abrahamyan is sponsored by Cosmo & Laura Boyd. Performed in French with English supertitles Baritone Edward Parks is Escamillo, the bullfighter, and Nicole Cabell returns to The Atlanta Opera as the spurned Micaëla. debut in the title role, and tenor Gianluca Terranova returns to Atlanta in the role of Don José. Mezzo-soprano Varduhi Abrahamyan makes her company and U.S. Studio Artist Brenna Cornerwill direct, and Music Director Arthur Fagen will conduct. But the reckless Carmen cannot be tamed, and she grows weary of Don José once she meets the glamorous toreador, Escamillo. When the naive Don José falls for her, he falls hard into a dangerous obsession, breaking up with his childhood sweetheart and abandoning the military. Carmen is a beautiful and free-spirited gypsy who makes men melt.

Carmen opera first performance