Special offer. Bizet: Carmen
Julia Migenes (Carmen), Plácido Domingo (Don José), Ruggero Raimondi (Escamillo), Faith Esham (Micaëla), Susan Daniel (Mercédès), Lilian Watson (Frasquita), François Le Roux (Moralès), John Paul Bogart (Zuniga)
Choeurs et Maîtrise de Radio France & Orchestre National de France, Lorin Maazel
Special offer. Bizet: Carmen
Julia Migenes (Carmen), Plácido Domingo (Don José), Ruggero Raimondi (Escamillo), Faith Esham (Micaëla), Susan Daniel (Mercédès), Lilian Watson (Frasquita), François Le Roux (Moralès), John Paul Bogart (Zuniga)
Choeurs et Maîtrise de Radio France & Orchestre National de France, Lorin Maazel
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Awards:
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Grammy Awards, 27th Awards (1984), Best Opera Recording
About
The thrillingly atmospheric soundtrack to a film of Carmen – directed by Francesco Rosi and released in 1984 – this recording unites Plácido Domingo, in one of his greatest roles as Don José, with Julia Migenes Johnson, a spirited, volatile Carmen of striking theatrical immediacy. Lorin Maazel demonstrates his mastery of French style in a performance that does full justice to Bizet’s amalgam of wit, elegance, romance and high drama.
Contents and tracklist
- Julien Guiomar (vocals), Susan Daniel (mezzo-soprano), Accurzio Di Leo (vocals), John Paul Bogart (bass), Julia Migenes (soprano), Lilian Watson (soprano), François Le Roux (baritone), Plácido Domingo (tenor), Jean-Philippe Lafont (baritone), Faith Esham (soprano), Gérard Garino (tenor), Ruggero Raimondi (baritone)
- Orchestre National de France, Choeurs et Maîtrise de Radio France
- Lorin Maazel