Asshat Opera Company Presents: Carmen

Carmen

Georges Bizet
(premiered in Paris, 1875)

[Trigger warnings:  domestic violence, rape, animal cruelty]

Dramatis Personae

  DON JOSÉ     "nice guy" who is also the protagonist, for some reason
  CARMEN       young woman from "Bohemia", 
               because heaven forbid anyone should try to
               actually learn anything about the Roma 
               (hint: they're not actually from Bohemia)

  ESCAMILLO    bullfighter guy
  MERCEDES     friend of Carmen
  FIAT         friend of Carmen

  (plus a half dozen other people I'm just going to leave out.  cope.)

( and so it goes... )