Isola Jones sizzles as the sexy, trouble making gypsy Carmen, in this 1987 production of the Bizet classic.

Neil Shicoff (Don José) and Isola Jones (Carmen) in Bizet’s Carmen, 1987. ©Matthew McVay

Ralph Wells (Dancaire), Karol Hansen (Frasquita), Isola Jones (Carmen), Shirley Harned (Mercedes), and Barton Green (Remendado) in Bizet’s Carmen, 1987. ©Matthew McVay

Isola Jones (Carmen) in Bizet’s Carmen, 1987. ©Matthew McVay

Neil Shicoff (Don José) and Isola Jones (Carmen) in Bizet’s Carmen, 1987. ©Matthew McVay

Neil Shicoff (Don José) and Cynthia Haymon (Micaela) in Bizet’s Carmen, 1987. ©Matthew McVay

Isola Jones (Carmen), Shirley Harned (Mercedes), and Armand Arapian (Escamillo) in Bizet’s Carmen, 1987. ©Matthew McVay

Armand Arapian (Escamillo) and Isola Jones (Carmen) in Bizet’s Carmen, 1987. ©Matthew McVay

Isola Jones (Carmen) and Neil Shicoff (Don José) in Bizet’s Carmen, 1987. ©Matthew McVay

Neil Shicoff (Don José), Isola James (Carmen), Ralph Wells (Dancaire), Karol Hansen (Frasquita), Barton Green (Remendado), and Shirley Harned (Mercedes) in Bizet’s Carmen, 1987. ©Matthew McVay