“Carmen”

Roles Carmen, A Gypsy Girl - mezzo-soprano Don José, Corporal of Dragoons - tenor Escamillo, Toreador - bass-baritone Micaëla, A Village Maiden - soprano Zuniga, Lieutenant of Dragoons - bass Moralès, Corporal of Dragoons - baritone Frasquita, Companion of Carmen - soprano Mercédès, Companion of Carmen - mezzo-soprano Lillas Pastia, an innkeeper - spoken Le Dancaïre, smuggler - baritone Le Remendado, smuggler - tenor A guide - spoken Chorus: Soldiers, young men, cigarette factory girls, Escamillo's supporters, Gypsies, merchants and orange sellers, police, bullfighters, people, urchins. Place: Seville, Spain, and surrounding hills Time: Around 1820

libretto by Alan Gregory, 1964