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Georges Bizet

Libretto by Henry Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy. Based on the novel by Prosper Mérimée.

First performed at la Opéra-Comique de Paris on 3 March 1875.

 

Orchestra. Conductor. Carmen, Don José, Micaëla, Escamillo, Frasquita, Mercédès

 

D.G. 1977

Ambrosian Singers / George Watson's College Boys' Chorus / London Symphony Orchestra. Claudio Abbado

Teresa Berganza, Plácido Domingo, Ileana Cotrubas, Sherrill Milnes, Yvonne Kenny, Alicia Nafé

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DECCA, 1975

John Alldis Choir / London Philharmonic Orchestra. Sir Georg Solti

Tatiana Troyanos, Plácido Domingo, Kiri Te Kanawa, José van Dam, Norma Burrowes, Jane Barbié

  

EMI, 1964

Choeurs Rene Duclos / Orchestre du Theatre National de l'Opéra de Paris. Georges Prêtre

Maria Callas, Nicolai Gedda, Andréa Guiot, Robert Massard, Nadine Sautereau, Jane Barbié

  

RCA, 1963

Wiener Staatsopernchor / Wiener Philharmoniker. Herbert von Karajan

Leontyne Price, Franco Corelli, Mirella Freni, Robert Merrill, Monique Lindval, Geneviève Macaux

  
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