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CarmenOn the coverEl Jaleo, John Singer Sargent, 1882
Carmen
A soldier is destroyed by his obsession with a fierce, free-spirited Roma woman who will belong to no one, in the fiery Spanish novella that gave the world its most famous opera. A tale of passion, jealousy, and doom.
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The short, blazing original behind the opera, harder and stranger than its famous music, about a woman who chooses death over surrender. Fierce and unforgettable.
SettingAndalusia, 1830s
The bandit-haunted Andalusia of the 1830s, a land of smugglers, soldiers, and gypsies where honour and passion turn quickly lethal.