Carmen

¹ American

[kahr-muhn, kahr-men] / ˈkɑr mən, ˈkɑr mɛn /

noun

Ciudad del Carmen.
a male or female given name: from a Latin word meaning “song.”

Carmen ² American

[kahr-muhn, kar-men] / ˈkɑr mən, karˈmɛn /

noun

an opera (1875) by Georges Bizet.

Carmen Cultural

One of the most popular of operas, composed by Georges Bizet, and first produced in the late nineteenth century. The title character is known for manipulating men. One of her victims, a Spanish soldier, arranges for her to escape from jail, but she later abandons him for a bullfighter, and he stabs her. The pieces “Habanera” and “Toreador Song” are well-known excerpts from Carmen.

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Rudolf Bing, the general manager of the Metropolitan Opera from 1950 to 1972, once offered this observation: “To make successful opera in New York you do ‘Carmen,’ ‘Bohème’ and ‘Traviata,’ and then ‘Traviata,’ ‘Bohème’ and ‘Carmen.’

From The Wall Street Journal

In 2018 Maggio Musicale staged a production in which Carmen doesn’t die.

From The Wall Street Journal

The only woman on the Supreme Court, Carmen Lucia, said the process had caused her "great spiritual and psychological harm", asking how many more "Marielles will Brazil allow to be murdered?"

From BBC

"This process has caused me great spiritual and psychological harm," said Justice Carmen Lucia, the only woman on the Supreme Court.

From Barron's

By late Sunday, the chaos had spread to eastern Mexico’s popular resort towns of Cancun, Cozumel, Playa del Carmen and Tulum.

From Los Angeles Times

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