Audio excerpts are from the 2011 performance of Carmen with the San Francisco Opera Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Nicola Luisotti except those marked (*), which are from the 2006 performance of Carmen with the San Francisco Opera Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Sebastian Lang-Lessing.
Prelude/Orchestra; *Habanera (L’amour est un oiseau rebelle)/Hadar Halevy (Carmen); Toreador Song (Toreador, en Garde)/Paulo Szot (Escamillo); *Seguidilla (Près des remparts de Séville)/Hadar Halevy; Flower Song (end)/Thiago Arancam (Don José); Quintet (Quand il s’agit de tromperie)/Susannah Biller (Frasquita), Cybele Gouverneur (Mercédès), Anita Rachvelishvili (Carmen), Daniel Montenegro (Le Remendado), Timothy Mix (Le Dancaïre)