Although as the largest operator in the world, one of the awards, George Bizet's Carmen is a failure of his first run 1875, which also led to the composer died of a heart attack aged 36, after only three months. Prosper Mérimée novella by the base, the opera tells the tragic story of the Spanish port Jibosaika that lure innocent soldiers can sell only Don José and the bullfighter Escamillo his lust. Giorgio Croci commanding lead in this work, passionate, open-season performance by Germany and Italy held in Rome, St. Margarethen ancient cave in 1998.