The Opera Carmen And Bullfighting

First peformed on March 3rd , 1875,“Carmen” is the only popular opera that prominently features bullfighting. The opera’s “Toreador Song,” describes a bullfight, and the opera’s final scene opens with the procession of picadores, banderilleros, and finally the matador (Escamillo) into the arena.
Carmen is an opera in 4 acts composed by Georges Bizet between 1873 and 1875 , written by Heri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy and based on the novel “Carmen” by Prosper Mérimée. Nowadays Carmen is one of the most popular and frequently perfomed operas.
The action set in southern Spain and tells the story of Don José , a soldier seduced by the gypsy Carmen. When he deserts from his military duties , he found out that Carmen loves Escamillo, a famous bullfighter.. Desperate, in a fit of jealousy José Kills Escamillo
This is a Litograph of the Carmen’s premier perfomance by Pierre Auguste Lamy (1875)