Bizet ~ Carmen - (cond. Bernstein) - 1973

Track Listings - (CD 1: First Act)
1-1.Prelude - First Act
1-2.No.1: Introduction
1-3.No.2: March And Chorus Of Urchins
1-4,Dialogue
1-5.No.3: Chorus and Scene
1-6.Scene
1-7.No.4: Habanera
1-8.No.5: Scene
1-9.Dialogue, No.6: Duet
1-10.Dialogue
1-11.No.7: Chorus
1-12.No.8: Chanson And Melodrama
1-13.No.9: Chanson And Duet
1-14.No.10: Finale
(CD 2: Second Act)
2-1.Entracte - Second Act
2-2.No.11: Chanson
2-3.Dialogue
2-4.No.12: Chorus And Ensemble
2-5.No.13: Couplets
2-6.Dialogue
2-7.No.13 B: Chorus
2-8.Dialogue
2-9.No.14: Quintet
2-10.Dialogue, No.15: Chanson
2-11.No.16: Duo
2-12.Dialogue
2-13.Dialogue
2-14.No.17: Finale
(CD 3: Third Act)
3-1.Entracte - Third Act
3-2.No.18: Introduction
3-3.Dialogue
3-4.No.19: Trio
3-5.Solo
3-6.Trio
3-7.Dialogue
3-8.No.20: Ensemble
3-9.No.21: Air
3-10.No.22: Duo
3-11.No.23: Finale
3-12.Dialogue
Fourth Act
3-13.Entracte - Fourth Act
3-14.No.24: Chorus
3-15.No.25: Chorus
3-16.Interlude
3-17.Chorus
3-18.No.26: Finale Duo
(Vocals [Carmen] – Marilyn Horne
Vocals [Dancaire, Lillas Pastia] – Russell Christopher
Vocals [Don José] – James McCracken
Vocals [Escamillo] – Tom Krause
Vocals [Frasquita] – Colette Boky
Vocals [Mercédès] – Marcia Baldwin
Vocals [Micaëla] – Adriana Maliponte
Vocals [Moralès] – Raymond Gibbs
Vocals [Remendado] – Andrea Velis
Vocals [Zuniga] – Donald Gramm
Conductor: Leonard Berstein
Orchestra: The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Chorus Master: [Children's Chorus Director] – David Stivender
Chorus Master: [Chorus Director], Other [Assistant to Leonard Bernstein] – John Mauceri
Chorus: Children's Chorus, The Manhattan Opera Chorus) {B}

[ΙωαννηςΜπαβας-κθ]

Σπουδαιοs μαέστρος 🎉❤😊 utube smile by john bavas

[jlrock]

I saw this production in its first season at the Metropolitan Opera in 1972 and have never forgotten it. Leonard Bernstein conducted a tautly dramatic and thrilling rendition of the original Opera Comique version of the score, and from the Overture to the final devastating curtain, nothing in the piece was taken for granted or left unexamined. Every moment was motivated and handled with loving care, as though Bernstein had the same proprietary regard for the sheer achievement of the work as Bizet himself. Don Jose was given the weight of a tragic hero, turning him from a victim into an instigator in his own right, governed and destroyed by the same destructive forces as Carmen. Alvin Ailey's choreography at the beginning of the second act mirrored the intensity of Bernstein's slow build, until the music and dancing gave a heady sense of losing control without actually doing so. This production set the bar at a very high level, and in all the years since, no other has matched its intelligence and integrity or its degree of respect for the material. It was the perfect example of how a creative team can make all the right choices, and in the process, rediscover the original alchemy that transformed Bizet's inspired work into a classic.

[danielcocchetti]

El mejor "tempo" que escuché! (The best "tempo")

[larrychan]

Vocals [Carmen] – Marilyn Horne
Vocals [Dancaire, Lillas Pastia] – Russell Christopher
Vocals [Don José] – James McCracken
Vocals [Escamillo] – Tom Krause
Vocals [Frasquita] – Colette Boky
Vocals [Mercédès] – Marcia Baldwin
Vocals [Micaëla] – Adriana Maliponte
Vocals [Moralès] – Raymond Gibbs
Vocals [Remendado] – Andrea Velis
Vocals [Zuniga] – Donald Gramm

[sebastianarteaga]

To this very day this is the best recording of Carmen in my opinion. Bernstein brings his unique pacing to it. The artists are absolutely splendid.

[giovannab.]

Mi piace l'ouverture così ritmata e ondeggiante, non al tempo scalmanato con cui la eseguono di solito. E poi Horne è impareggiabile, una Carmen senza rivali. Peccato non ci siano video di questo straordinario allestimento

[djmatttom]

A mon avis, une des meilleures versions de Carmen ..
Le seul bémol, la voix de Lilas Pastia est insupportable 😅😅😂😂