Zuniga, the officer of the guard, learns that Carmen has attacked a woman with a knife when challenged, Carmen answers with mocking defiance ("Tra la la. As José declares that he is ready to heed his mother's wishes, the women stream from the factory in great agitation. In this he reads, that his mother wants him to return home and marry Micaëla, who on learning this retreats in shy embarrassment. The men plead with her to choose a lover, after some teasing she throws a flower to Don José, who thus far has been ignoring her but is now annoyed by her insolence.Īs the women go back to the factory, Micaëla returns and gives José a letter and a kiss from his mother "Parle-moi de ma mère!". Carmen enters and sings her provocative habanera on the untameable nature of love ("L'amour est un oiseau rebelle"). José arrives with the new guard, which is greeted and imitated by a crowd of urchins "Avec la garde montante".Īs the factory bell rings, the cigarette girls emerge and exchange banter with young men in the crowd, "La cloche a sonné". She declines, saying she will return later. Moralès tells her, "José is not yet on duty" and invites her to wait with them. On the left, a guardhouse.Ī group of soldiers relax in the square, waiting for the change of guard and commenting on the passers-by ("Sur la place, chacun passe"). On the right, a door to the tobacco factory. The action takes place in Sevilla and surrounding area, around 1820.Ī square, in Seville.
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