Carmen

Monday, October 17, 2011

Van Meter Hall

Sponsored by Baker Arboretum and Dr. Pat Mercer

Co-sponsored by English, Lucas, Priest & Owsley, LLP

Orchestra Kentucky and Kentucky Opera join forces in a concert version of French composer Georges Bizet’s immortal classic, Carmen. Set in Seville, Spain, Carmen, a beautiful gypsy with a fiery temper, woos Corporal Don José, an inexperienced soldier. Carmen rejects Don José, who mutinies and joins a gang of smugglers. When Carmen turns her love to the bullfighter Escamillo, Don José kills her in a jealous rage.