Carmen / Georges Bizet ; Ludovic Halevy (Mirella Freni, soprano ; Grace Bumbry, soprano ; Kostas Paskalis, baritone ; Jon Vickers, tenor ; Viorica Cortez, mezzo-soprano ; Bernanrd Gontcharenko, bass ; Eliane Lublin, soprano ; Claude Meloni, tenor ; Michel Trempont, baritone ; Albert Voli, tenor ; Louis Fremont, vocals ; Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos, conductor ; Paris National Opera Orchestra ; Paris National Opera Chorus ; Les Petits Chanteurs a la Croix de Bois).
Note
Opéra-Comique version of the opera, with spoken dialog delivered by actors.
Libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy after the novella by Prosper Mérimée.
Originally issued in 1970 on analog discs as EMI: CMS 7 63643 2.
Language (note)
Sung in French.
Source of description (note)
Description based on hard copy version record.
Author
Bizet, Georges, 1838-1875.
Title
Carmen [electronic resource] / Bizet.
Imprint
[England] : EMI Classics, [2003]
Series
Gemini
Gemini (EMI Classics (Firm))
Performer
Grace Bumbry, mezzo-soprano ; Jon Vickers, tenor ; Mirella Freni, soprano ; Kostas Paskalis, baritone ; supporting soloists ; Chorus and Orchestra of the Paris Opera ; Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, conductor.