Fullers

9. Libiamo
Let’s raise a toast

One of opera’s best drinking songs helps break the tension!

8. La ci darem la mano
There I’ll give you my hand

Hoping to lift Mimi’s spirits, Escamillo turns on the charm and invites her to dance

7. Nessun dorma
None shall sleep

Escamillo helps Rodolfo find his courage by channelling Prince Calàf in this triumphant ode to love

6. Prenderò quel brunettino
I’ll take the dark haired one

Carmen convinces Mimi that there is no harm in a little bit of mental infidelity and urges her to join in picking out a man she fancies and flirting a little

5. Au fond du temple saint…une femme apparaît
In the depths of the holy temple…a woman appears

Rodolfo and Escamillo, envisioning their perfect women, weave a spellbinding ode to beauty and brotherhood

4. Che gelida manina
What a cold little hand

Rodolfo and Mimi reminisce about their first conversation. Rodolfo, over keen to impress, talked a lot about his poetry…

3. L’amour est un oiseau rebelle
Love is a rebellious bird

Carmen’s “Girls just want to have fun” outlook on love: love is fickle so we may as well take pleasure where we want…

2. Votre Toast
To your health!

Escamillo revels in his celebrity status and the thrill of the bullfight, and salutes all red-blooded men who fight…