You know the story. You adore the music. The seductive and tempestuous gypsy, Carmen, Captures the heart of a young soldier, Don Jose. He sacrifices everything to be with her. Now a fugitive on the run, his life is in ruins. Unfortunately, she is drawn to the dashing matador, Escamillo, and casts Don Jose aside, which seals her fate. In his passionate confrontation with Carmen outside the bullring, Don Jose's pleas for her to take him back are met with cold rejection...and the tragic murder that concludes the opera devastates audiences as much today as it did in 1875 when Carmen first premiered.