It's the "mirthful" opera house that premiered "Carmen", or the French term for the type of opera "Carmen" is
Staged in an 
area ... commedia dell'arte in its costuming and .... His success in other opera 
houses in .... mirthful Prince with terrible insis- tence ... since its 1961 premiere to 
arouse some ... Carmen preparing to sing the ... tion ideas of this obtrusive kind, 
and.