Carmen is a musical with a book by Norman Allen, lyrics by Jack Murphy, and music by Frank Wildhorn. It is based on the novella of the same name, by Prosper Mérimée.
Carmen premiered at Prague's KarlÃÂn Musical Theatre in October 2008.
Synopsis
Carmen is the story of a Gypsy girl who is killed by the soldier who loves her.
Original Czech production song list
Source:
Act I
- "Prolog (Sevillana)"
- "Cesty osudu" / "Winds of Fate"
- "SvÃÂt patÃ
Âàvám" / "The World is Yours"
- "Já vÃÂrnost ti pÃ
ÂÃÂsahám" / "My Only Prayer"
- "Symbol Ã
¾en" / "Every Woman in the World"
- "Ã
½enská jako já" / "A Woman Like Me"
- "Ã
½enská jako ty" / "A Woman Like You"
- "ÃÂekánÃÂ" / "While He's Waiting"
- "Chci tÃÂ" / I Want You Tonight
- Tak kráÃÂàÃ
¾enská / "Walk Like a Woman"
- "KaÃ
¾dý jsme sám" / "We All Dance Alone"
- "Taková Ã
¾enská" / "A Woman Like That"
- "Viva Amor!"
- "Nic nejde vzÃÂt zpÃÂt" / "No Turning Back"
Act II
- "PÃ
Âijel cirkus" / "Ballyhoo"
- "PatÃ
ÂÃÂÃ
¡ mnÃÂ" / "You Belong to Me"
- "KlÃÂÃÂ" / "The Key"
- "Cizinec â mÃ
¯j stÃÂn" / "The Man I Have Become"
- "KéÃ
¾ sÃÂlu mám" / "If I Could"
- "Svatá Terezo" / "Saint Theresa"
- "Blázen jak já" / "A Fool in Love"
- "ÃÂekánÃÂ" / "While He's Waiting (reprise)"
- "PÃ
ÂehlÃÂdka sÃÂly"" / Circus Tour de Force"
- "Jde vo kejhák" / "Be Afraid"
- "Finale"
- "KéÃ
¾ sÃÂlu mám" / "If I Could (reprise)"
Original Czech production cast
- Carmen: Lucie BÃÂlá, Dasha
- Katarina: Dasha, Markéta PoulÃÂÃÂková
- José: Peter StrenáÃÂik, Robert JÃÂcha, TomáÃ
¡ Löbl
- Garcia: Václav Noid Bárta, Martin PoÃ
¡ta, LukáÃ
¡ Kumpricht
- Inéz: Pavla BÃ
ÂÃÂnková, Barbora RajniÃ
¡ová
- Zuniga: LukáÃ
¡ Kumpricht, TomáÃ
¡ Trapl
- Mendoza: JiÃ
ÂÃÂ Korn, Josef Ã
 tágr
- Wise Woman: Athina Lagonska, Hanka KÃ
ÂÃÂÃ
¾ková
- Inmar: Ivo HrbáÃÂ
References
External links