Obsession turns deadly when the smoldering femme fatale, Carmen, seduces both a love-sick soldier and a swaggering toreador. With its passionate, sultry orchestration and a veritable hit parade of recognizable tunes, Georges Bizet's Carmen is an operatic favorite.
Herein, the evidence: One of opera's most beloved songs, the "Toreador" song from Carmen, as performed by the Minnesota Opera:
Hear this song and more by listening to the broadcast of the Minnesota Opera's 2014-15 production of Carmen on Wednesday, Sept. 23, starting at 8 p.m., on Classical MPR.
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