Carmen

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.


 * 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.