The one on the right is an exciting Carmen, with a young-looking Placido Domingo in top form for a role he has sung hundreds of times.
For Julia Migenes, though, it was her first performance in this role. Casting her in the role was a gamble, but it worked; she is a convincing actress. Unlike most opera-house performances this movie version uses the opera's original opera comique form with some spoken dialogue rather than recitatives.