Apr
28

Amanda Crider

Mercedes

Carmen

Florida Grand Opera

Miami, FL

Amanda Crider: Mercedes

You know the story, you adore the music. The seductive and tempestuous gypsy, Carmen, captures the heart of a young soldier, Don José. He sacrifices everything to be with her. Now a fugitive on the run, his life is in ruins. Unfortunately, she is drawn to the dashing matador, Escamillo, and casts Don José aside, which seals her fate. In his passionate confrontation with Carmen outside the bullring, Don José’s pleas for her to take him back are met with cold rejection…and the tragic murder that concludes the opera devastates audiences as much today as it did in 1875 when Carmen first premiered. Tickets & Information.