Opera is full of passion, and lovers of the opera will be passionate about winning these two choice orchestra tickets to a Metropolitan Opera House performance of Carmen on Saturday, October 6 at 8:30 p.m.

Carmen is an opera in four acts by the French composer Georges Bizet. It is the story of the downfall of Don José, a naive soldier who is seduced by the wiles of the fiery gypsy Carmen. José abandons his childhood sweetheart and deserts from his military duties, yet loses Carmen's love to the glamorous toreador Escamillo, after which José kills her in a jealous rage.

Carmen continues to be one of the most frequently performed operas; the Toreador's Song from Act 2 is among the best known of all operatic arias. 

The music of Carmen has been widely acclaimed for its brilliance of melody, harmony, atmosphere and orchestration, and for the skill with which Bizet represented musically the emotions and suffering of his characters.

See and hear this most popular opera at one of the world's best venues for opera: The Metropolitan Opera House in Lincoln Center, in New York, NY.