“Carmen” – Cast

Characters

Carmen (a gypsy girl and cigarette factory worker) — Mezzo-soprano Don José (a corporal of dragoons) — Tenor Micaëla (a young girl from Navarre) — Lyric soprano Escamillo (a toreador) — Bass-baritone Frasquita (a companion of Carmen) — Soprano Mercédès (a companion of Carmen) — Mezzo-soprano Le Dancaïre (a smuggler) — Baritone Le Remendado (a smuggler) — Tenor Zuniga (a lieutenant of dragoons) — Bass Moralès (a corporal of dragoons) — Baritone Lillas Pastia (an innkeeper) — Spoken role A Guide (spoken role) Soldiers, young men, cigarette factory girls, gypsies, smugglers, merchants, orange sellers, police officers, bullfighters, townspeople, street boys Time and place Seville, Spain, and the surrounding countryside, around 1820