[kahr-muh
n; Sp. kahr-men] 
[kahr-muhn; Fr. kar-men] | an opera (1875) by Georges Bizet. |
[syoo-thahth thel kahr-men] | a city in SE Mexico, on the Gulf of Campeche. 36,511. |
One of the most popular of operas, composed by Georges Bizet, and first produced in the late nineteenth century. The title character is known for manipulating men. One of her victims, a Spanish soldier, arranges for her to escape from jail, but she later abandons him for a bullfighter, and he stabs her. The pieces “Habanera” and “Toreador Song” are well-known excerpts from Carmen.