opéra comique
in four acts
Libretto
Henri Meilhac und Ludovic Halévy,
after the novella by Prosper Mérimée
Premiere
3 March 1875, Paris (Opéra Comique)
Cast
MORALES (baritone)
MICAELA (soprano)
DON JOSE (tenor)
ZUNIGA (bass)
CARMEN (mezzo-soprano)
FRASQUITA (soprano)
MERCEDES (mezzo-soprano)
LILLAS PASTIA (spoken role)
ESCAMILLO (baritone)
LE REMENDADO (tenor)
LE DANCAIRE (tenor or baritone)
GUIDE (spoken role)
SOLDIER (spoken role)
CHORUS
Soldiers, men and women of Seville, cigarette-factory girls, gypsies, street vendors, street urchins trebles
Place
Spain (Seville)
Time
1820