This complete live recording is taken from the Met’s historic Saturday afternoon radio performances and is newly remastered from the original February 16, 1952, broadcast. This brand new multi-disc set represents its first official release on CD.
For a generation of opera lovers, Risë Stevens was the Carmen. Her husky, insinuating voice was the embodiment of Bizet’s gypsy temptress. The performance features Richard Tucker as Don José in the production by the great theatrical director Tyrone Guthrie and the legendary Fritz Reiner conducting.
Composer: Georges Bizet
Release Date: 11/01/11
Conductor: Fritz Reiner
Artists:
Risë Stevens
Richard Tucker
Orchestra: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus
Label: Sony Classical
What the critics are saying:
“Stevens’s Carmen is a complete performance…Each moment and subtle inflection feels alert, live and responsive….this [Carmen] captures her in perhaps her best vocal form.”
“The true vocal glory of this set is the amazing Don Jose of Richard Tucker…his singing here is stunning.”
(Opera News, March 2012)