Carmen Jones
Carmen Jones
By Oscar Hammerstein II
Based on Meilhac and Halevys adapation of Prosper Mérimée's Carmen
Music by Georges Bizet
ISBN: DIGLIB0000127
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Overview
In a Southern town during World War II, an army corporal named Joe is stationed near a parachute factory where Carmen Jones is employed. Fickle and flirtatious, Carmen manages to steal Joe away from his fiancée, and the army as well, and they run off to Chicago together. But Carmen loses interest in Joe when she meets and successfully woos Husky Miller, a prize fighter on his way to the top. Mad with jealousy, Joe waits for Carmen outside the stadium the night of Husky's big fight to make a last desperate plea for her love. When she denies him resolutely, he stabs her to death in a rage of passion, to the eerie accompaniment of the crowd inside the stadium cheering Husky's victory.
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Cautions
- Mild Adult Themes
Details
- Genre: Adaptation (Literature), Period
- Time Period: 1940s/WWII
- Cast Attributes: Role(s) for Black Actor(s), Multicultural Casting, Strong Role for Leading Woman (Star Vehicle)
- Target Audience: Adult, Senior, Pre-Teen (Age 11-13), Teen (Age 14-18)
Authors
Oscar Hammerstein II
Oscar Hammerstein II was born on July 12, 1895 in New York City. His father, William, was a theatre manager and for many years director of Hammerstein's Victoria, the most popular vaudeville theatre of its day. His uncle, Arthur Hammerstein, was a successful Broadway producer ...
Georges Bizet
Georges Bizet (1838-75) was born Alexandre Cesar Leopold Bizet in Bougival near Paris, and trained at the Paris Conservatoire under the French composer Jacques Halévy. Bizet's operas include Les Pêcheurs de Perles (The Pearl Fishers, 1863), La Jolie Fille de Perth (Fair Maid ...