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BROADCAST OF JANUARY 18, 2003
SPONSORED BY CHEVRONTEXACO OVER THE CHEVRONTEXACO--METROPOLITAN OPERA INTERNATIONAL RADIO NETWORK, 1 P.M.
Music by Georges Bizet Text by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halevy
THE STORY
ACT I. In a square in Seville, soldiers watch the passing crowd. Micaela arrives in search of her sweetheart, Don Jose, a corporal. A fellow officer, Morales, tells her Jose will be along soon; when he offers himself as a substitute, she leaves hastily. As the guard changes, children imitate the arriving soldiers ("Avec la garde montante"), one of whom is Jose Girls from the cigarette factory come to smoke and chat ("Dans ...