Carmen (1969-70 studio cast)

~ Release group by Georges Bizet; Chœurs & Orchestre de l’Opéra national de Paris, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos

Annotation

First performance version, 1875, with spoken dialogue.
French dialogue by non French speaking singing artists is performed by French actors and actresses (shown in parenthesis below)

Conductor - Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos (1969/70)
Orchestra - L'Opéra de Paris
Chorus - L'Opéra de Paris & Les Petits Chanteurs à la Croix de Bois

Carmen - Grace Bumbry (Thamilla Mesbah)
Don José - Jon Vickers (André Batisse)
Micaëla - Mirella Freni (Dominique Arden)
Escamillo - Kostas Paskalis (Dominique Santarelli)
Frasquita - Eliane Lublin
Mercédès - Viorica Cortez (Catherine Rethi)
Le Dancaïre - Michel Trempont
Le Remendado - Albert Voli
Moralès - Claude Meloni
Zuninga - Bernard Gontcharenko

Recorded at Salle Wagram, Paris - July & September 1969, January & February 1970

Annotation last modified on 2022-10-31 21:37 UTC.

Album

ReleaseArtistFormatTracksCountry/DateLabelCatalog#Barcode
Official
CarmenGeorges Bizet2×CD20 + 17
BD & L (imprint of Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, Inc.), EMI Classics (absorbed into Warner Classics since 2013-07-19)1-884822-81-9, 72438-19296-2-99781884822810
Carmen (Highlights)Georges Bizet; Chœurs & Orchestre de l’Opéra national de Paris, Rafael Frühbeck de BurgosCD16
  • DE2000-03-24
EMI Classics (absorbed into Warner Classics since 2013-07-19)573746724357374620
CarmenGeorges Bizet; Orchestre de l’Opéra national de Paris, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos2×CD21 + 17
  • DE2003-10-17
  • GB2003-10-20
EMI Classics (absorbed into Warner Classics since 2013-07-19)7243 5 85505 2 80724358550528
CarmenGeorges Bizet; Grace Bumbry, Jon Vickers, Mirella Freni, Kostas Paskalis, Orchestra and Chorus of the Paris Opera, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos2×CD20 + 17
EMI (EMI Records, since 1972), Classics for Pleasure7243 5 68417 2, CD-CFPD 4454724356841727

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