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[[caption-width-right:350: The titular femme fatale prepares to give her flower to Don José]]

->''♫L'amour est un oiseau rebelle\\

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[[caption-width-right:350: The titular femme fatale FemmeFatale prepares to give her flower to Don José]]

->''♫L'amour
José.]]

->''♫ L'amour
est un oiseau rebelle\\



S'il lui convient de refuser.♫'' [[labelnote:click for English translation]]\\
''♫Love is a rebellious bird\\

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S'il lui convient de refuser. ♫'' [[labelnote:click for English translation]]\\
''♫Love
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''♫ Love
is a rebellious bird\\



If it suits it to refuse.♫''[[/labelnote]]

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If it suits it to refuse. ♫''[[/labelnote]]
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The opera tells the tragic tale of a Spanish corporal, Don José, who abandons the army, his fiancée, and his morals when he falls for Carmen: a mysterious, seductive, and independent gypsy woman.

Modern reception has been much kinder to the opera, with much praise for Bizet's brilliance in melody, harmony, atmosphere, and orchestration. The score was amended significantly after Bizet's death, with a different composer replacing the original spoken dialogue with sung recitatives (both versions are still performed). Since then, it's become a staple in the worldwide operatic repertoire and has seen numerous recordings and productions.

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The opera tells the tragic tale of a Spanish corporal, Don José, who abandons the army, his fiancée, and his morals when he falls for Carmen: a mysterious, seductive, and independent gypsy Romani woman.

[[VindicatedByHistory Modern reception has been much kinder to the opera, opera]], with much praise for Bizet's brilliance in melody, harmony, atmosphere, and orchestration. The score was amended significantly after Bizet's death, with a different composer replacing the original spoken dialogue with sung recitatives (both versions are still performed). Since then, it's become a staple in the worldwide operatic repertoire and has seen numerous recordings and productions.



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!!''Carmen'' contains examples of:!!Tropes featured in ''Carmen'' include:
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** Many people [[OhCrap now]] [[HellIsThatNoise recognize]] [[YouAreAlreadyDead it]] as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2rd38XFoAQ Freddy's jingle]] in ''Videogame/FiveNightsAtFreddys''.

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** Many people [[OhCrap now]] [[HellIsThatNoise recognize]] [[YouAreAlreadyDead it]] as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2rd38XFoAQ [[https://youtu.be/GZOOx40rE3k?si=lMPp_vYIRV9Sye7t Freddy's jingle]] in ''Videogame/FiveNightsAtFreddys''.

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*TheGentlemanOrTheScoundrel: A rare, but actually welcome subversion. Don José seems like a gentleman (a sweet if dull young man) but turns out to be a possessively jealous scoundrel, whereas Escamillo seems like a scoundrel (a flashy and daring bullfighter) but turns out to be a true gentleman who cares about Carmen's autonomy. Needless to say, Carmen chooses Escamillo, but Don José [[IfICantHaveYou kills her for it]].



* GreyAndGrayMorality: Part of what made ''Carmen'' so controversial in its first run were the morally questionable actions of Carmen and Don Jose. On the one hand, Carmen starts out as an [[ManipulativeBitch emotionally manipulative]] FemmeFatale, whereas Don Jose starts out as a NiceGuy who just can’t resist her. On the other hand, by the opera's end, Don Jose has become a CrazyJealousGuy, whereas Carmen dies [[DefiantToTheEnd defending her freedom from him]].

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* GreyAndGrayMorality: Part of what made ''Carmen'' so controversial in its first run were the morally questionable actions of Carmen and Don Jose. José. On the one hand, Carmen starts out as an [[ManipulativeBitch emotionally manipulative]] FemmeFatale, whereas Don Jose José starts out as a NiceGuy who just can’t resist her. On the other hand, by the opera's end, Don Jose José has become a CrazyJealousGuy, whereas Carmen dies [[DefiantToTheEnd defending her freedom from him]].

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