Clémentine Margaine

As Aragon descends into unrest, a count jealously fights for a noble lady's heart. But she has already given it to a passionate troubadour whose mother holds a terrible secret.

스페인의 세빌리아 거리의 위병근무를 서고 있는 하사관 돈 호세는 담배 공장에서 동료와 싸워 감옥으로 가게된 집시여인 카르멘을 호송하는 임무를 맡게 된다. 그러나 카르멘의 유혹에 넘어간 호세는 고의로 그녀를 도망치게 하고 결국 그가 대신 감옥에 들어가게 되는데...

Spiced with Italian buffa, L’Heure espagnole transports us to Torquemada’s clock shop, the scene of his wife Concepcion’s infidelities.

With a devilish sway of the hips and a hint of Andalusian flair, Carmen, the beautiful cigar-maker sets her sights on a soldier: Don José. Fate will do the rest. Composed to a libretto by Meilhac and Halévy based on Prosper Mérimée’s novella, the opera exploded the boundaries between tragedy and comedy with a modernity that caused a scandal at the time. Can we kill the one we love with love? The fiery beauty of Bizet’s music, where one unforgettable aria follows another, has worked year in, year out to make it the world’s most performed opera.