Ruggero Raimondi credited as playing...
- Escamillo: Carmencita, if I got it in my head to love you and to be loved by you, what would you say?
- Carmen: I'd say, for the moment, don't even dream of it!
- Escamillo: I shall wait and be content to hope?
- Carmen: Waiting isn't forbidden and hoping can be sweet.
- Escamillo: She did have a lover, she did have a lover, a soldier who some time ago deserted for her. They adored each other, but I think it's over. Carmen's loves never last more than six months.
- Don José: But to run off with our gipsy girls, don't you know there's a price to pay?
- Escamillo: Very well, I'll pay!
- Don José: And that bill has to be settled in knife thrusts!
