“Carmen” by Georges Bizet

Кармен

Premiere / date of written: 3 March 1875

The opera was first performed at the Opéra-Comique in Paris, on 3 March 1875, and was not at first particularly successful; its initial run extended to 36 performances. Before this run was concluded, Bizet died suddenly, and thus knew nothing of the opera's later celebrity.

Libretti

#	Language	Authors
1	French	Henri Meilhac, Ludovic Halévy
2	German
3	English	Alan Gregory, 1964
4	French	Henri Meilhac, Ludovic Halévy
5	Russian	Ковин Игорь Алексеевич
6	Russian	Димитрин Юрий Георгиевич

original libretto
line-by-line of the original libretto

Images

Audio recordings

Year	Cast	Conductor, Opera chorus and orchestra	Label, Comment	Buy
1952	Carmen — Risë Stevens, José — Richard Tucker, Micaëla — Nadine Conner, Escamillo — Paolo Silveri	Fritz Reiner Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus	CD: Sony Classical Cat: 88697 96189 2	$14.98
1959	Carmen — Victoria de los Ángeles, José — Nicolai Gedda, Micaëla — Janine Micheau, Escamillo — Ernest Blanc	Sir Thomas Beecham Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France	EMI Classics Cat: CMS567357 2	$12.40
1964	Carmen — Maria Callas, José — Nicolai Gedda, Micaëla — Andréa Guiot, Escamillo — Robert Massard	Georges Prêtre Orchestre du Théâtre National de l'Opéra de Paris	EMI Classics	$45.00
1977	Carmen — Teresa Berganza, José — Plácido Domingo, Micaëla — Ileana Cotrubaş, Escamillo — Sherrill Milnes	Claudio Abbado London Symphony Orchestra, The Ambrosian Singers	CD: Deutsche Grammophon	$3.73
1983	Carmen — Agnes Baltsa, José — José Carreras, Micaëla — Katia Ricciarelli, Escamillo — José van Dam	Herbert von Karajan Berliner Philharmoniker	CD: Deutsche Grammophon	$9.25
2002	Carmen — Angela Gheorghiu, José — Roberto Alagna, Micaëla — Inva Mula, Escamillo — Thomas Hampson	Michel Plasson Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse	CD: EMI Classics Cat: 07243 557434 2 8	$54.00

Video recordings

Year	Cast	Conductor, Opera chorus and orchestra, Director	Label, Comment	Buy
1984	Carmen — Julia Migenes-Johnson, José — Plácido Domingo, Micaëla — Faith Esham, Escamillo — Ruggero Raimondi	Lorin Maazel Orchestre National de France, Chorus and Children's Chorus of Radio France	DVD: Columbia TriStar Cat: CDR 10530 (UK); Blu-ray: Gaumont Cat: 750530 (France)	$23.99
2006	Carmen — Anna Caterina Antonacci, José — Jonas Kaufmann, Micaëla — Norah Amsellem, Escamillo — Ildebrando D'Arcangelo	Sir Antonio Pappano Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Francesca Zambello	DVD & Blu-ray: Decca Cat: 074 3312(DVD)/3313(Blu-ray) DH	$18.76
2010	Carmen — Elīna Garanča, José — Roberto Alagna, Micaëla — Barbara Frittoli, Escamillo — Teddy Tahu Rhodes	Yannick Nézet-Séguin Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus Richard Eyre	DVD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 0044 073 4581 8	$31.37

External links

Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Recordings on operadis-opera-discography.org.uk
Sheet Music — www.sheetmusicplus.com