TY - ADVS AU - Domingo,Plácido AU - Migenes-Johnson,Julia AU - Raimondi,Ruggero AU - Esham,Faith AU - Rosi,Francesco AU - Maazel,Lorin AU - Bizet,Georges ED - Orchestre national de France. ED - Radio-France. ED - RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video. TI - Bizet's Carmen PY - 1985/// CY - Burbank, Calif. PB - RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video KW - Operas N1 - In French with English subtitles; The book of the opera by Meilhac and Halévy; based on a short story by Prosper Meŕimée; VHS format; "60487"; Orchestre national de France ; Chœurs et maîtrise de Radio-France ; Conductor, Lorin Maazel ; screenplay, Francesco Rosi and Tonino Guerra ; choreography, Antonio Gades; Placido Domingo, Julia Migenes-Johnson, Ruggero Raimondi, Faith Esham N2 - In 19th century Seville, the lusty, tempestuous Carmen seduces a naive Army corporal, Don Jose. Jose abandons his career, his fiancee and even his dying mother for the love of this sultry gypsy. But soon she spurns for the love of a toreador, Escamillo. Crazed with jealousy, Jose begs Carmen to return to him, but her taunting declaration of independence results in tragedy ER -