Act I The story begins in the square just outside the cigarette factory in front of the guardhouse. ... Act IV Back to the city of Seville in front of the bull arena where Escamillo is ready to fight the bulls. ... Men waiting around for women to flirt and harass them, and the ultimate sight of seeing a woman stabbed to death on stage. ...

• Word Count: 2531
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School

He awoke one morning to read on the front page of Pravda a review condemning him as an unpatriotic intellectual whose work endangered and corrupted the spirit of the soviet people. ... And the action on stage that justified the murder of a tyrant was too graphic for his taste. ... Two days later the front page of Pravda featured, the now infamous review, condemning the opera and it's composer. ...

• Word Count: 3530
• Approx Pages: 14
• Grade Level: High School