A 2018 production of this opera had the main character enter in a gorilla suit. María Pagés’s (“pah-HESS’s”) dance adaptation of this opera adds the word “Yo” to the title. Near the end of this opera’s prelude, a slow section states the following motif over tremolo D minor triads: [read slowly] “long D, [pause] C-sharp, B-flat, C-sharp, A,” followed by two soft timpani strokes. This opera’s music was arranged into a percussion-heavy one-act ballet by Rodion Shchedrin (“shed-REEN”). The Hammerstein song “Stan’ Up an’ Fight” is in an all-Black musical based on this opera, whose 1954 film version stars Harry Belafonte and Dorothy Dandridge. During this opera’s closing duet “C’est toi? C’est moi!” (“seh twah? seh mwah!”), the title character returns a ring to her former lover, who then stabs her. For 10 points, name this French opera that ends at a bullfight. ■END■
ANSWER: Carmen [accept Carmen Jones; accept Carmen Suite or Karmén-syuíta; accept Yo, Carmen or I, Carmen]
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