Act III

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Act III is a pivotal section of Georges Bizet's opera "Carmen," marked by heightened dramatic tension and significant character developments, including key moments for Micaëla.

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Label Occurrences
Act III canonical 2

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf act of an opera ⓘ
approximateDuration about 30 minutes ⓘ
ariaSinger Micaëla ⓘ
basedOn Prosper Mérimée's novella "Carmen" ⓘ
linked to: Carmen (novella)
composer Georges Bizet ⓘ
containsScene card-reading scene ⓘ
smugglers' mountain hideout ⓘ
dramaticFunction heightened dramatic tension ⓘ
significant development for Micaëla ⓘ
turning point in Don José's fate ⓘ
emotionalFocus Don José's increasing desperation ⓘ
Micaëla's courage and devotion ⓘ
featuresCharacter Carmen ⓘ
Dancaïre ⓘ
Don José ⓘ
Escamillo ⓘ
Frasquita ⓘ
Mercédès ⓘ
Micaëla ⓘ
Remendado ⓘ
followedBy Act IV (Carmen) ⓘ
follows Act II (Carmen) ⓘ
includesDuelElement confrontation between Don José and Escamillo ⓘ
includesEnsemble trio of card-reading gypsies ⓘ
keyTheme fate ⓘ
jealousy ⓘ
love and sacrifice ⓘ
language French ⓘ
librettist Henri Meilhac ⓘ
Ludovic Halévy ⓘ
locationCountry Spain ⓘ
musicalForm through-composed ⓘ
notableAria "Je dis que rien ne m'épouvante" ⓘ
orchestration full Romantic orchestra ⓘ
originalTheatre Salle Favart (Opéra-Comique) ⓘ
partOf Carmen ⓘ
performancePractice usually performed without cuts in modern productions ⓘ
positionInWork third act ⓘ
premiereDate 1875-03-03 ⓘ
premierePlace Opéra-Comique, Paris ⓘ
linked to: Opéra-Comique
setting mountain pass in the Spanish countryside ⓘ
structuralRole prepares the tragedy of Act IV ⓘ
timePeriodOfComposition 1870s ⓘ
vocalForces soloists and chorus ⓘ
workGenre opéra comique ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Micaëla → actAppearance → Act III ⓘ
Nicklausse → appearsInAct → Act III ⓘ