. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Carmen (French pronunciation: \u200B[ka\u0281m\u025Bn]; Spanish: [\u02C8karmen]) is an opera in four acts by the French composer Georges Bizet. The libretto was written by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Hal\u00E9vy, based on a novella of the same title by Prosper M\u00E9rim\u00E9e. The opera was first performed at the Op\u00E9ra-Comique in Paris, on 3 March 1875, and at first was not particularly successful."@en . .