Bizet: Carmen (3-CD) – Grace Bumbry, Jon Vickers
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Bizet: Carmen (3-CD) – Grace Bumbry, Jon Vickers
Composer: Georges Bizet
Artists: Grace Bumbry, Jon Vickers, Justino Diaz, Mirella Freni, Oliviera Miljakovic, Julia Hamari, Anton Diakov, Robert Kerns, Milen Paunov, John van Kesteren, Chor der Wiener Staatsoper, Wiener Philharmoniker
Conductor: Herbert von Karajan
Number of Discs: 3
Label: Orfeo
CD Release Date: October 12, 2018
“This music seems to me to be perfect,” declared Friedrich Nietzsche.
Here is a recording which palpably demonstrates how the master conductor, aided by a top-flight cast, brings the work to life on stage. This production opened the 1966 Salzburg Festival.
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History
Carmen
Georges Bizet’s Carmen, which takes place in and around Seville, Spain tells of the downfall of a soldier, Don José, seduced by the wiles of the fiery gypsy, Carmen. José abandons his sweetheart and his military duties for Carmen, yet loses her love to the glamorous matador Escamillo, after which José kills her in a jealous rage.
Among the best-known of all operatic arias are Carmen’s “Habanera” from Act 1, sung by the title character and the toreador’s song, “Votre toast” in Act 2, performed by the matador Escamillo.
On January 9, 1884, Carmen was given its first Metropolitan Opera performance. Thereafter it was quickly incorporated into the Met's regular repertory. By the beginning of its 2018/2019 season the Met had performed Carmen well-over a thousand times.
Though the March 3rd,1875 world premiere at the Opéra Comique in Paris was a scandal, Carmen, soon became a triumphal success and has remained one of the most frequently staged operas in the world. Three months after its 33rd performance, Bizet died suddenly at the age of 37 never knowing how immensely popular Carmen would become.
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