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Carmen at the Arena of Verona
On the 150th anniversary of its creation, Georges Bizet’s masterpiece is not to be missed, returning to the Arena in Franco Zeffirelli’s beloved “colossal” staging, which reconstructs the Seville plaza and its surroundings with attention to detail and cinematic glance.
The life of Don José, a young brigadier serving in Seville, is fatally disrupted by an encounter with Carmen, a beautiful gypsy woman who ensnares him with her charm. For her he forgets Micaela, the adopted sister he had intended to marry. Carmen would like him to become a smuggler, so he would no longer have so many rules to abide by and would live in total freedom. Don José does not want to at first, but eventually relents. Amid the growing differences, their love is short-lived. Escamillo, has fallen in love with the beautiful gypsy girl, and would like her to come and see him at the bullfight in Seville. And it is there that Don José, now in ruins, finds Carmen again; as beautiful as ever, but now in love with Escamillo. Don José offers her to start a new life together in another country, but she refuses; mad with jealousy, Don José kills her with his dagger.
18/07/2025