Tickets for the opera Carmen at Arena Verona!

Third opera in the stage June 30, 2012, Carmen by Georges Bizet .

Repliche il 5, 10, 13, 17, 20, e 27 luglio, il 3, 7, 10, 24, 28 e 31 agosto.

I personaggi principali

The story takes place in Spain in the mid-nineteenth century.

Carmen: the beautiful gypsy girl who works in the cigarette factory
Don Jose': young soldier
Il capitano Zuniga: captain of the guards
Micaela:Don Jose's girlfriend
Escamillo: bullfighter in love with Carmen

The synopsis

The barracks on the market square, where there is also the manufacture of tobacco, Micaela arrives, the girlfriend of brigadier Jos, however, fails to meet him because the man is still in service, and then walks away. Meanwhile, the tobacco factory, roll out the cigar makers, among which is Carmen, the most ardent and lively, a beautiful gypsy girl who does not care, but the suitors want to attract the attention of Jose, and Jose gets to dance, meanwhile, arrived , throws a flower, the man picks up.
Returning to work, Carmen comes to blows with a companion, and the wounds, it is Jos to arrest her and take her to jail, but she manages to convince him to let her escape.
For failing in his duty, but the brigadier was imprisoned, just served his punishment, runs from Carmen, in Lillas Pastia, where the woman is in the company of gypsies and smugglers to whom, after various vicissitudes, Jose will eventually join, rebelling against his superiors, becoming a deserter, binding her and taking refuge in the mountains with the smugglers.
In the new life, however, Jose is unhappy: he regrets that he left there, suffering the bitterness of feeling neglected by Carmen, and is tormented by jealousy of Escamillo, a toreador and, attracted by his woman a toreador.
Micaela arrives in the shelter of the smugglers, who brought the news that Jose's mother is dying: So Jose decided to follow the ex-girlfriend to his mother's.
The last act takes us back to Seville: Escamillo is about to enter the arena to the bullfight, Carmen promises him her love if you will triumph. Jos begs Carmen comes back with him, the woman, however, tells him coldly and contemptuously returns the ring he had given her.
This behavior increases the torture of Jose, in the throes of a crisis of jealousy and despair, kills Carmen with a knife.