Don José

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Don José is the tragic soldier protagonist of Georges Bizet’s opera "Carmen," whose obsessive love for the title character leads to his downfall.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
opera character
tragic hero
appearsIn Carmen
associatedWith smugglers
tobacco factory in Seville
basedOn Don José self-linksurface differs
surface form: Don José from Prosper Mérimée’s novella Carmen
causeOfDownfall obsessive love for Carmen
centralThemeRelation fatal love
freedom versus possession
characterTrait impulsive
jealous
passionate
possessive
conflictsWith Escamillo
Zuniga
createdBy Georges Bizet
diesIn final scene of Carmen (often arrested or executed offstage)
familyOrigin Navarre
fiancée Micaëla
firstAppearance Carmen
surface form: opera Carmen (1875)
gender male
genre opera
kills Carmen
languageOfCharacter French
librettistsOfWork Henri Meilhac
Ludovic Halévy
loveInterest Carmen
moralAlignment morally ambiguous
mother unnamed Navarrese mother
narrativeFunction depicts destructive jealousy
illustrates conflict between duty and passion
nationality Spanish
notableAria Flower Song (La fleur que tu m’avais jetée)
surface form: La fleur que tu m’avais jetée
occupation soldier
rank corporal
relationship deserts the army for Carmen
imprisons Carmen then lets her escape
quarrels with Escamillo
roleInWork protagonist of Carmen
setting Seville
timePeriodOfFiction early 19th century
voiceType tenor
workGenre opéra comique

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Carmen mainCharacter Don José
Plácido Domingo notableRole Don José
this entity surface form: Don José in Bizet's "Carmen"
José Carreras notableRole Don José
this entity surface form: Don José in Bizet's "Carmen"
Don José basedOn Don José self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Don José from Prosper Mérimée’s novella Carmen
Escamillo rivalOf Don José
Flower Song (La fleur que tu m’avais jetée) dramaticContext Don José
this entity surface form: Don José recalls the flower Carmen threw to him
Flower Song (La fleur que tu m’avais jetée) dramaticFunction Don José
this entity surface form: reveals Don José’s emotional vulnerability
Franco Corelli notableRole Don José
this entity surface form: Don José in Carmen
Jonas Kaufmann hasRole Don José
this entity surface form: Don José in Carmen