Overview
Character Name
Don José
Show
Gender
Male
Playing Age
Adult, Mature Adult
Role Size
Lead
Dancing
Non Dancer
Voice
Tenor
Vocal Range
High Note: A#4/Bb4
Low Note: D3
Vocal Technique
Operatic
Time & Place
Seville, 1820
Analysis
The opera Carmen tells the story of Don José’s downfall, from an honest and dutiful guard, who intends to honor his promises to the young village girl Micaëla, to the obsessive, jealous, vengeful, murderer who kills the woman he loves. The gypsy girl, Carmen, has a power
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