"En Vain pour eviter...."

In vain you avoid

Let's see, I'll try a turn
Diamonds, spades...death!
I read it well...me first
First me, then him....death!

In vain in order to avoid the bitter responses,
In vain you shuffle,
That settles nothing, the cards
are sincere and won't lie!

In the book on high, if your page is written as happy
Shuffle and cut without fear

The card under your fingers will turn up - Joyous
Announcing its good luck.

But if you must die,
If the dreaded word
Is written by fate,
You try again twenty times,
The pitiless cards
again....
again....

Always death!

Carmen – fiery, daring and uncompromising – meets José, a soldier with a past…

Carmen and the Gypsies live a bohemian life, seeking freedom outside of the law. José, drawn to Carmen and this unconventional world, is torn between love, duty and honour. Micaëla, innocent and pious, represents a simpler way of life and the charismatic bullfighter, Escamillo, soon becomes a rival for Carmen’s affections.

Set against some of the most recognisable music in opera, this drama is a serious and still-relevant examination of violence, obsession and the struggle of a complex and spirited woman striving for independence and choice in life and love.

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