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The opera
A TRAGEDY FULL OF PASSION, A BEAUTIFUL AND TERRIBLE STORY
Carmen is a dark heroine; an explosive mixture of sensuality and death. Set against the Iberian backdrop of bandits and assassins, Carmen is a dazzling synthesis of the lyric art of the XIX century. Georges Bizet’s operatic masterpiece, based on the tale by Prosper Merimee, offers a series of passages so legendary they have passed into the universal collective memory.