Bizet - Carmen
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Special offer. Bizet: Carmen
Deepa Johnny (Carmen), Stanislas de Barbeyrac (Don José), Nicolas Courjal (Escamillo), Iulia Maria Dan (Micaëla)
Orchestre de l'opéra de Rouen Normandie, Chœur Accentus, Chœur d’enfants de la Maîtrise du Conservatoire de Rouen, Ben Glassberg, Romain Gilbert
If nothing else, this video reminds us that opera in the 19th century was a visual spectacle, and that spectacle wasn’t some sort of vulgar concession to the demands of idle entertainment. —
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2025, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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International Opera Awards, 2025, Shortlisted - Complete Recording
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Bizet: Carmen
RecommendedMagdalena Kožená (Carmen), Jonas Kaufmann (Don José), Genia Kühmeier (Micaëla), Kostas Smoriginas (Escamillo), Christian van Horn (Zuniga), Andrè Schuen (Moralès), Christina Landshammer (Frasquita), Rachel Frenkel (Mercédès), Jean-Paul Fouchécourt (Remendado) & Simone del Savio (Dancairo)
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this studio recording of Bizet’s opera compels attention for a variety of reasons...[Rattle and Kozena] stress their wish to return to the “chamber feeling” of the French tradition into which... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 20th August 2012
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Special offer. Bizet: Carmen
RecommendedJulia 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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Grammy Awards, 27th Awards (1984), Best Opera Recording
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Bizet: Carmen
Maria Callas (Carmen), Nicolai Gedda (Don José), Andréa Guiot (Micaëla), Robert Massard (Escamillo), Nadine Sautereau (Frasquita), Jane Berbié (Mercédès), Jean-Paul Vauquelin (Le Dancaïre), Jacques Pruvost (Le Remendado), Claude Cales (Moralès), Jacques Mars (Zuniga)
Orchestre du Théâtre National...
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Bizet: Carmen
RecommendedChrista Ludwig (Carmen), Melitta Muszely (Micaëla), Ursula Schirrmacher (Frasquita), Ursula Gust (Mercédès), Rudolf Schock (Don José), Hermann Prey (Escamillo); Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin & Berliner Symphoniker, Horst Stein
[Ludwig] is absolutely stunning...She is superb, vocally and dramatically in the long second act duet scene with Don José, doom-laden in the card scene in act III and magnificent in the finale...[Muszely]... —
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Presto Favourites, Christa Ludwig - Our Top 10 Recordings
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Special offer. Bizet: Carmen
Patricia Bardon (Carmen), Julian Gavin (Don José), Garry Magee (Escamillo), Mary Plazas (Micaëla), Toby Stafford-Allen (Moralès), Nicholas Garret (Zuniga)
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, New London Children's Choir, Philharmonia Orchestra, David Parry
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Bizet: Carmen
Angela Gheorghiu (Carmen), Roberto Alagna (Don José), Inva Mula (Micaëla), Thomas Hampson (Escamillo)
La Lauzeta, Choeur d'enfants de Toulouse, Choeur 'Les Éléments', Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, Michel Plasson
Michel Plasson draws some very fine playing indeed from the Toulouse orchestra, and his choice of speeds seems just right, never resorting to extreme effects. The one moment when things get... —
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Bizet: Carmen
Tatiana Troyanos (Carmen), Plácido Domingo (Don José), Kiri Te Kanawa (Micaëla), José van Dam (Escamillo), Norma Burrowes (Frasquita), Jane Berbié (Mercédès), Thomas Allen (Moralès)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, John Alldis Choir, Sir Georg Solti
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Conchita Supervia in Opera and Song
with Carlo Scattola, Giovanni Manuritta, Gaston Micheletti, Andrée Vavon, Andrée Bernadet
Conchita Supervia
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Bizet: Carmen
RecommendedMarilyn Horne, James McCracken, Adriana Maliponte, Tom Krause
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Children's Chorus, Manhatten Opera Chorus, Leonard Bernstein
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Grammy Awards, 16th Awards (1973), Best Opera Recording
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