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** In ''VideoGame/PunchOut'', Don Flamenco's {{leitmotif}} is a section from "March of the Toreadors", and his girlfriend is named Carmen.
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Author Existence Failure (now renamed to Died During Production) is a trope for dying before finishing a work, not anytime a creator died.


* AuthorExistenceFailure: Bizet died shortly after this show, his biggest success, at age 38. Opera lovers consider this a particularly tragic loss to the art form.
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** The video game ''VideoGame/Persona5'' represents Carmen as Ann Takamaki's [[GuardianEntity Persona]].

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** The video game ''VideoGame/Persona5'' represents Carmen as Ann Takamaki's [[GuardianEntity Persona]]. The UpdatedRerelease, ''Persona 5 Royal'', would give her a third tier persona, Célestine, named after one of Carmen's most notable actresses.

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* ReferencedBy: The video game ''VideoGame/Persona5'' represents Carmen as Ann Takamaki's [[GuardianEntity Persona]].

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The video game ''VideoGame/Persona5'' represents Carmen as Ann Takamaki's [[GuardianEntity Persona]].


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** The song "Carmen" by Music/{{Stromae}} uses the tune of "Habanera". It's not a cover but the lyrics are reworked into a TakeThat against social networks.
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*** 1964, conducted by Herbert von Karajan: Leontyne Price, Franco Corelli, Mirella Freni, Robert Merrill.

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*** 1964, 1963, conducted by Herbert von Karajan: Leontyne Price, Franco Corelli, Mirella Freni, Robert Merrill.
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*** 1951, conducted by Fritz Reiner: Risë Stevens, Jan Peerce, Licia Albanese, Leonard Warren.

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*** 1951, conducted by Fritz Reiner: Risë Stevens, Jan Peerce, Licia Albanese, Leonard Warren.Robert Merrill.

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*** 1987, conducted by James Levine: Agnes Baltsa, [[TheDanza José Carreras]], Leona Mitchell, Samuel Ramey.
*** 2010, conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin: Elina Garanca, Roberto Alagna, Barbara Frittoli, Teddy Tahu Rhodes.

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*** 1987, conducted by James Levine: Levine at the Met Opera: Agnes Baltsa, [[TheDanza José Carreras]], Leona Mitchell, Samuel Ramey.
*** 2006, conducted by Antonio Pappano at the Royal Opera House: Anna Caterina Antonacci, Jonas Kaufmann, Norah Amsellem, Ildebrando D'Arcangelo.
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2010, conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin: Nézet-Séguin at the Met Opera: Elina Garanca, Roberto Alagna, Barbara Frittoli, Teddy Tahu Rhodes.

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* AllStarCast:AllStarCast: As Carmen, Don José, Micaela, and Escamillo...



*** 1951, conducted by Fritz Reiner: American mezzo-soprano Rise Stevens as Carmen, American tenor Jan Peerce as Don José, Italian soprano Licia Albanese as Micaela, and American baritone Robert Merrill as Escamillo.
*** 1963, conducted by Herbert von Karajan: Black-American soprano Leontyne Price as Carmen, Italian tenor Franco Corelli as Don José, Italian soprano Mirella Freni as Micaela, and American baritone Robert Merrill (again) as Escamillo.
*** 1970, conducted by Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos: Black-American mezzo-soprano Grace Bumbry as Carmen, Canadian tenor Jon Vickers as Don José, Italian soprano Mirella Freni (again) as Micaela, and Greek baritone Kostas Paskalis as Escamillo.
*** 1975, conducted by Georg Solti: American mezzo-soprano Tatiana Troyanos as Carmen, Spanish tenor Plácido Domingo as Don José, New Zealander soprano Kiri Te Kanawa as Micaela, and Belgian bass-baritone José van Dam as Escamillo.

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*** 1951, conducted by Fritz Reiner: American mezzo-soprano Rise Stevens as Carmen, American tenor Risë Stevens, Jan Peerce as Don José, Italian soprano Peerce, Licia Albanese as Micaela, and American baritone Robert Merrill as Escamillo.
Albanese, Leonard Warren.
*** 1963, conducted by Thomas Schippers: Regina Resnik, Mario Del Monaco, Joan Sutherland, Tom Krause.
*** 1964,
conducted by Herbert von Karajan: Black-American soprano Leontyne Price as Carmen, Italian tenor Price, Franco Corelli as Don José, Italian soprano Corelli, Mirella Freni as Micaela, and American baritone Freni, Robert Merrill (again) as Escamillo.
Merrill.
*** 1970, conducted by Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos: Black-American mezzo-soprano Grace Bumbry as Carmen, Canadian tenor Bumbry, Jon Vickers as Don José, Italian soprano Vickers, Mirella Freni (again) as Micaela, and Greek baritone Freni, Kostas Paskalis as Escamillo.
Paskalis.
*** 1975, conducted by Georg Solti: American mezzo-soprano Tatiana Troyanos as Carmen, Spanish tenor Troyanos, Plácido Domingo as Don José, New Zealander soprano Domingo, Kiri Te Kanawa as Micaela, and Belgian bass-baritone Kanawa, José van Dam as Escamillo.Dam.
*** 1977, conducted by Claudio Abbado: Teresa Berganza, Plácido Domingo, Ileana Cotrubas, Sherrill Milnes.
*** 1983, conducted by Herbert von Karajan: Agnes Baltsa, José Carreras, Katia Ricciarelli, José van Dam.
*** 1988, conducted by Seiji Ozawa: Jessye Norman, Neil Shicoff, Mirella Freni, Simon Estes.
*** 2002, conducted by Michel Plasson: Angela Gheorghiu, Roberto Alagna, Inva Mula, Thomas Hampson.



*** 1978, conducted by Carlos Kleiber: Russian mezzo-soprano Elena Obraztsova as Carmen, Plácido Domingo as Don José, Scottish soprano Isobel Buchanan as Micaela, and Russian-Ukrainian bass-baritone Yuri Mazurok as Escamillo.
*** 1987, conducted by James Levine: Greek mezzo-soprano Agnes Baltsa as Carmen, Spanish tenor José Carreras [[TheDanza as Don José]], Black-American soprano Leona Mitchell as Micaela, and American bass Samuel Ramey as Escamillo.
*** 2010, conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin: Latvian mezzo-soprano Elina Garanca as Carmen, French tenor Roberto Alagna as Don José, Italian soprano Barbara Frittoli as Micaela, and New Zealander baritone Teddy Tahu Rhodes as Escamillo.

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*** 1978, conducted by Carlos Kleiber: Russian mezzo-soprano Kleiber at the Vienna State Opera: Elena Obraztsova as Carmen, Obraztsova, Plácido Domingo as Don José, Scottish soprano Domingo, Isobel Buchanan as Micaela, and Russian-Ukrainian bass-baritone Buchanan, Yuri Mazurok as Escamillo.
Mazurok.
*** 1987, conducted by James Levine: Greek mezzo-soprano Agnes Baltsa as Carmen, Spanish tenor Baltsa, [[TheDanza José Carreras [[TheDanza as Don José]], Black-American soprano Carreras]], Leona Mitchell as Micaela, and American bass Mitchell, Samuel Ramey as Escamillo.
Ramey.
*** 2010, conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin: Latvian mezzo-soprano Elina Garanca as Carmen, French tenor Garanca, Roberto Alagna as Don José, Italian soprano Alagna, Barbara Frittoli as Micaela, and New Zealander baritone Frittoli, Teddy Tahu Rhodes as Escamillo.Rhodes.
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** The music is pretty much everywhere, but most connected beyond ''Carmen'' to the 1976 film ''Film/TheBadNewsBears''.
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* ReferencedBy: The video game ''VideoGame/Persona5'' represents Carmen as Ann Takamaki's [[AnthropomorphicPersonification Persona]].

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* ReferencedBy: The video game ''VideoGame/Persona5'' represents Carmen as Ann Takamaki's [[AnthropomorphicPersonification [[GuardianEntity Persona]].

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*** 1970, conducted by Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos: Black-American mezzo-soprano Grace Bumbry as Carmen, Canadian tenor Jon Vickers as Don José, Italian soprano Mirella Freni as Micaela, and Greek baritone Kostas Paskalis as Escamillo.

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***1951, conducted by Fritz Reiner: American mezzo-soprano Rise Stevens as Carmen, American tenor Jan Peerce as Don José, Italian soprano Licia Albanese as Micaela, and American baritone Robert Merrill as Escamillo.
***1963, conducted by Herbert von Karajan: Black-American soprano Leontyne Price as Carmen, Italian tenor Franco Corelli as Don José, Italian soprano Mirella Freni as Micaela, and American baritone Robert Merrill (again) as Escamillo.
*** 1970, conducted by Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos: Black-American mezzo-soprano Grace Bumbry as Carmen, Canadian tenor Jon Vickers as Don José, Italian soprano Mirella Freni (again) as Micaela, and Greek baritone Kostas Paskalis as Escamillo.


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***1987, conducted by James Levine: Greek mezzo-soprano Agnes Baltsa as Carmen, Spanish tenor José Carreras [[TheDanza as Don José]], Black-American soprano Leona Mitchell as Micaela, and American bass Samuel Ramey as Escamillo.
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*** 1970, conducted by Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos: Black-American mezzo-soprano Grace Bumbry as Carmen, Canadian tenor Jon Vickers as Don José, Italian soprano Mirella Freni as Micaela, and Greek baritone Kostas Paskalis as Escamillo.
*** 1975, conducted by Georg Solti: American mezzo-soprano Tatiana Troyanos as Carmen, Spanish tenor Plácido Domingo as Don José, New Zealander soprano Kiri Te Kanawa as Micaela, and Belgian bass-baritone José van Dam as Escamillo.
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*** 1978, conducted by Carlos Kleiber: Russian mezzo-soprano Elena Obraztsova as Carmen, Plácido Domingo as Don José, Scottish soprano Isobel Buchanan as Micaela, and Russian-Ukrainian bass-baritone Yuri Mazurok as Escamillo.
*** 2010, conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin: Latvian mezzo-soprano Elina Garanca as Carmen, French tenor Roberto Alagna as Don José, Italian soprano Barbara Frittoli as Micaela, and New Zealander baritone Teddy Tahu Rhodes as Escamillo.
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* ReferencedBy: The video game ''VideoGame/Persona5'' represents Carmen as Ann Takamaki's [[AnthropomorphicPersonificationPersona]].

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* ReferencedBy: The video game ''VideoGame/Persona5'' represents Carmen as Ann Takamaki's [[AnthropomorphicPersonificationPersona]].[[AnthropomorphicPersonification Persona]].

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* ReferencedBy: The video game ''VideoGame/Persona5'' represents Carmen as a [[SummonMagic Persona]].

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* ReferencedBy: The video game ''VideoGame/Persona5'' represents Carmen as a [[SummonMagic Persona]].Ann Takamaki's [[AnthropomorphicPersonificationPersona]].
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* ReferencedBy: The video game ''VideoGame/Persona5'' represents Carmen as a [[SummonMagic Persona]].
* VindicatedByHistory: Nowadays it's recognized as one of the all-time great operas, but ''Carmen'' famously opened to great indifference in 1875, with the promoter struggling even to ''give away'' tickets. Bizet died without seeing the success it would become.

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* ReferencedBy: The video game ''VideoGame/Persona5'' represents Carmen as a [[SummonMagic Persona]].
* VindicatedByHistory: Nowadays it's recognized as one of the all-time great operas, but ''Carmen'' famously opened to great indifference in 1875, with the promoter struggling even to ''give away'' tickets. Bizet died without seeing the success it would become.
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* SleeperHit: Nowadays it's recognized as one of the all-time great operas, but ''Carmen'' famously opened to great indifference in 1875, with the promoter struggling even to ''give away'' tickets. Bizet died without seeing the success it would become.

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* SleeperHit: VindicatedByHistory: Nowadays it's recognized as one of the all-time great operas, but ''Carmen'' famously opened to great indifference in 1875, with the promoter struggling even to ''give away'' tickets. Bizet died without seeing the success it would become.
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* ShoutOut: The video game ''VideoGame/Persona5'' represents Carmen as a [[SummonMagic Persona]].

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* ShoutOut: The ''VideoGame/Persona5'' represents Carmen as a [[SummonMagic Persona]].

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* ShoutOut: The video game ''VideoGame/Persona5'' represents Carmen as a [[SummonMagic Persona]].
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Now that's some serious Fan Myopia.


* ColbertBump: Thanks in part to TV Tropes, the opera Theater/{{Carmen}} and its titular character got some more recognition thanks to ''VideoGame/Persona5'' with a representation of the character as a [[SummonMagic Persona]].

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* ColbertBump: Thanks in part to TV Tropes, the opera Theater/{{Carmen}} and its titular character got some more recognition thanks to ShoutOut: The ''VideoGame/Persona5'' with a representation of the character represents Carmen as a [[SummonMagic Persona]].
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* ColbertBump: Thanks in part to TV Tropes, the opera Theater/{{Carmen}} and its titular character got some more recognition thanks to ''VideoGame/{{Persona5}}'' with a representation of the character as a [[SummonMagic Persona]].

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* ColbertBump: Thanks in part to TV Tropes, the opera Theater/{{Carmen}} and its titular character got some more recognition thanks to ''VideoGame/{{Persona5}}'' ''VideoGame/Persona5'' with a representation of the character as a [[SummonMagic Persona]].

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* SleeperHit: Nowadays it's recognised as one of the all-time great operas, but ''Carmen'' famously opened to great indifference in 1875, with the promoter struggling even to ''give away'' tickets. Bizet died without seeing the success it would become.

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* ColbertBump: Thanks in part to TV Tropes, the opera Theater/{{Carmen}} and its titular character got some more recognition thanks to ''VideoGame/{{Persona5}}'' with a representation of the character as a [[SummonMagic Persona]].
* SleeperHit: Nowadays it's recognised recognized as one of the all-time great operas, but ''Carmen'' famously opened to great indifference in 1875, with the promoter struggling even to ''give away'' tickets. Bizet died without seeing the success it would become.
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* AuthorExistenceFailure: Bizet died shortly after this show, his biggest success, at age 38. Opera lovers consider this a particularly tragic loss to the art form.
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* SleeperHit: Nowadays it's recognised as one of the all-time great operas, but ''Carmen'' famously opened to great indifference in 1875, with the promoter struggling even to ''give away'' tickets. Bizet died without seeing the success it would become.

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