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Carmen, a classic opera dating back to 1845, tells the tragic story of a Love Triangle between a corporal, a bull fighter, and the mysterious, exotic, alluring, hedonistic, independent, flirtatious gypsy woman simply known as Carmen.

This Work Provides Examples of:

• Badass Baritone: Escamillo, a classic example
• Betty and Veronica: Micaela and Carmen for Don José
  • Male version: Don José and Escamillo for Carmen
• The Cast Showoff: Whoever plays Carmen must be a great singer and a good dancer.
  • Any guy who plays Escamillo must be a prize show-off: let Sam Ramey show you how it is done.
• Crazy Jealous Guy: Don José
• Dance of Romance: Carmen dances for Don José when they are reunited in act II.
• Destructive Romance: for both main characters, but especially Don José
• Downer Ending
• Green-Eyed Monster
• Femme Fatale: Carmen
• Hair of Gold: Micaela
• Hot Gypsy Woman: Carmen
• 'I Am' Song: Votre toast (Toreador's Song); possibly L'amour est un oiseaux rebelle (Habanera)
• If I Can\'t Have You
• Large Ham
• Love Makes You Evil
• Love Triangle: Micaela/José/Carmen and José/Carmen/Escamillo
• The Male Ingenue Must Be A Tenor
• Murder the Hypotenuse: Don José tries to kill Escamillo but doesn't succeed.
• Outlaw Couple: Carmen and Don José eventually became this, but it doesn't last.
• Public Domain Soundtrack: Carmen is one of the most popular and well-known operas.
• Rated M for Manly: see Badass Baritone
• Roma: Carmen
• Shout Out: Escamillo might have been named after a famous female torero Nicolasa Escamilla, nicknamed La Pajuelera (Goya has made a famous picture◊ of her).
• Tall, Dark and Handsome: Escamillo
• Tarot Troubles: Carmen, Frasquita and Mercedes read cards in Act III. Frasquita and Mercedes, being secondary characters, get romance and wealth, Carmen gets death.
• Toros y Flamenco
• You Can't Fight Fate: Carmen's reaction to the cards.

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