Don José is instantly infatuated, so much so that when Carmen gets arrested for starting a fight in the factory, he lets her go and ends up in jail for her sake. Carmen emerges like a gypsy queen from the gaggle of girls, swaying her tightly swaddled hips and stomping her cha-cha heels to the famous Habanera. In the meantime, the soldiers gather to watch some cigarette factory girls take a noon-time break. Later she finds Don José and delivers a letter from his mother that says he should marry Micaela, and he vows to honor his mother’s wishes.
In lieu of an answer, the soldiers harass the pretty Micaela, and she runs away. Micaela, a sweet country girl, asks a group of soldiers milling around where she might find a soldier named Don José. The heavy red curtain, embellished in this production with billowing red satin on the bottom, opens with a small-town scene in Seville, Spain.
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