Carmen discography
This is a discography of audio and video recordings of Carmen, a French-language opera by Georges Bizet. The opera premiered at the Opéra-Comique in Paris on 3 March 1875. Carmen is one of the most frequently recorded operas, dating back to a near-complete German acoustical recording in 1908.
Audio recordings
Year | Cast (Carmen, Don José, Micaëla, Escamillo) | Conductor, Opera house and orchestra | Label[1]/Notes |
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1908 | Emmy Destinn Karl Jörn | Bruno Seidler-Winkler Grammophone Orchestra Berlin Berlin State Opera chorus (sung in German) | CD: Aura Music Cat: LRC 1900 CD: Marston Records Cat: 52022-2[2] |
1911 | Marguerite Mérentié Agustarello Affré Aline Vallandri Henri Albers | François Ruhlmann l'Orchestre Symphonique Chœur de l'Opéra-Comique | CD: Malibran Cat: MR 560 CD: Marston Records Cat: 52019-2[3] |
1920 | Fanny Anitùa Luigi Bolis Ines Maria Ferraris Cesare Formichi | Unknown Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus (sung in Italian) | LP: Columbia Cat: D 5582-97[4] |
1927 | Lucy Perelli José de Trévi Yvonne Brothier Louis Musy | Piero Coppola Chœur et Orchestre de l'Opéra-Comique | LP: Victor Cat:[5] |
1928 | Raymonde Visconti Georges Thill Marthe Nespoulous Louis Guénot | Élie Cohen l'Orchestre Symphonique de Paris Chœur de l'Opéra-Comique | LP: Columbia Recording Cat: 27809[5][6] |
1931 | Gabriella Besanzoni Piero Pauli Maria Carbone Ernesto Besanzoni | Carlo Sabajno Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus (sung in Italian) | CD: Myto Records Cat: |
1932 | Aurora Buades Aureliano Pertile Ines Alfani Tellini [it] Benvenuto Franci [it] | Lorenzo Molajoli Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus (sung in Italian) | CD: Phonographe Records Cat: |
1937 | Rosa Ponselle René Maison Hilda Burke Julius Huehn | Gennaro Papi Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus | CD: Walhall Cat: WHL 15[5] |
1942 | Germaine Cernay Raymond Berthaud Ginette Guillamat Lucien Lovano | Désiré-Émile Inghelbrecht Orchestre National de France | CD: Malibran-Music (Radio Provence) Cat: CDRG172 |
Elisabeth Höngen Torsten Ralf Elfriede Weidlich Josef Herrmann | Karl Böhm Staatsoper Dresden orchestra and chorus (sung in German) | CD: Preiser Cat: PR90152[6] | |
1943 | Lily Djanel Raoul Jobin Licia Albanese Leonard Warren | Thomas Beecham Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus | CD: Walhall Cat: WLCD0006[6] |
1950 | Solange Michel Raoul Jobin Martha Angelici Michel Dens | André Cluytens Chœur et Orchestre de l'Opéra-Comique | CD: EMI mono Cat: CMS5 65318-2 LP: Naxos Historical Cat: 8.110238-39[5][6] |
1951 | Risë Stevens Jan Peerce Licia Albanese Robert Merrill | Fritz Reiner RCA Victor orchestra | LP: RCA Victrola Cat: AVM3-0670 CD: RCA Red Seal Cat: 88843041212 |
1951 | Suzanne Juyol Libera de Luca Janine Micheau Julien Giovannetti | Albert Wolff Opéra-Comique orchestra and chorus | CD: Preiser Cat:[5][6] LP: Decca Cat: LXT2615-17 |
1952 | Risë Stevens Richard Tucker Nadine Conner Paolo Silveri | Fritz Reiner Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus | CD: Sony Classical Cat: 88697 96189 2[6] |
1952 | Vera Borisenko Georgii Nelepp Elizaveta Shumskaya Alexei Ivanov | Vassili Nebolsin Bolshoi Theatre orchestra and chorus (sung in Russian) | LP: MK Cat: DO1508-15[4] |
1954 | Kerstin Meyer Arne Hendriksen Elisabeth Söderström Sigurd Björling | Sixten Ehrling Royal Swedish Opera orchestra and chorus (sung in Swedish) | CD: Bluebell Cat: ABCD109 |
Giulietta Simionato Nicolai Gedda Hilde Gueden Michel Roux | Herbert von Karajan Wiener Symphoniker Singerverein | CD: Andante Cat: AN3100[6] | |
Risë Stevens Richard Tucker Victoria de los Ángeles Frank Guarrera | Tibor Kozma Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus | CD: Gala Cat: GL10063[6] | |
1955 | Giulietta Simionato Giuseppe Di Stefano Rosanna Carteri Michel Roux | Herbert von Karajan Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus | CD: Walhall Cat: WLCD0156[6] |
1956 | Risë Stevens Giuseppe Di Stefano Lucine Amara Robert Merrill | Max Rudolf Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus | CD: Golden Melodram Cat: 50070[6] |
1957 | Risë Stevens Mario Del Monaco Lucine Amara Frank Guarrera | Dimitri Mitropoulos Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus | CD: Living Stage Cat: LS1093[6] |
1959 | Victoria de los Ángeles Nicolai Gedda Janine Micheau Ernest Blanc | Sir Thomas Beecham Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France | CD: EMI Classics Cat: CMS567357 2[5][6] |
Irina Arkhipova Mario Del Monaco Irina Maslennikova Pavel Lisitsian | Alexander Melik-Pashayev Bolshoi Theatre orchestra and chorus (sung in Russian and Italian) | CD: Myto Cat: MCD053311[6] | |
Consuelo Rubio Léopold Simoneau Pierrette Alarie Heinz Rehfuss | Pierre-Michel Le Conte Concerts de Paris orchestra and Paris Conservatoire chorus | LP: Concert Hall Cat:[4] | |
1960 | Sonia Cervená Rolf Apreck Maria Croonen Robert Lauhöfer | Herbert Kegel Rundfunk Sinfonie Orchester (sung in German) | CD: Classics Cat: 0300119BC[6] |
Irina Arkhipova Mario Del Monaco Marcella Pobbé Ernest Blanc | Peter Maag Teatro di San Carlo orchestra and chorus | CD: Gala Cat: GL100676[6] | |
1961 | Christa Ludwig Rudolf Schock Melitta Muszely Hermann Prey | Horst Stein Berliner Symphoniker, chorus of Deutsche Oper Berlin (sung in German) | CD: EMI Electrola Cat: 653 252 903-2 |
1962 | Oralia Dominguez Maria Stader Josef Metternich Josef Simandi | Ferenc Fricsay Bavarian State Opera orchestra and chorus | LP: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 136032[6] |
1963 | Regina Resnik Mario Del Monaco Joan Sutherland Tom Krause | Thomas Schippers Orchestre de la Suisse Romande Grand Théâtre de Genève chorus | LP: Decca Cat: /London[5][6] |
1964 | Leontyne Price Franco Corelli Mirella Freni Robert Merrill | Herbert von Karajan Vienna Philharmonic orchestra Vienna State Opera chorus | LP: RCA Victor Red Seal LSC-6199 CD: RCA Victor Red Seal Cat: 7432139495 2 [5][6]1965 Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording |
1964 | Maria Callas Nicolai Gedda Andréa Guiot Robert Massard | Georges Prêtre Paris Opera orchestra and chorus | CD: EMI Classics Cat:[5][6] |
1970 | Grace Bumbry Jon Vickers Mirella Freni Kostas Paskalis | Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos Théâtre National de l'Opéra orchestra and chorus | CD: EMI Classics Cat: 724358550528[5][6] |
1970 | Anna Moffo Franco Corelli Helen Donath Piero Cappuccilli | Lorin Maazel Deutsche Oper Berlin orchestra and chorus | CD: Sony Cat: 88697446202 |
1973 | Marilyn Horne James McCracken Adriana Maliponte Tom Krause | Leonard Bernstein Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus | CD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 0 28942 74402 8 SACD: PENTATONE Cat: PTC 5186216[5] |
1974 | Régine Crespin Gilbert Py Jeannette Pilou José van Dam | Alain Lombard Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra Rhine Opera Chorus | LP: RCA-Erato Cat:[4] |
1975 | Tatiana Troyanos Plácido Domingo Kiri Te Kanawa José van Dam | Sir Georg Solti London Philharmonic Orchestra[7] John Alldis choir Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School choir | CD: Decca Cat: 414 489-2[5][6] |
1977 | Teresa Berganza Plácido Domingo Ileana Cotrubaş Sherrill Milnes | Claudio Abbado London Symphony Orchestra Ambrosian Singers | CD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat:[5][6] |
1983 | Agnes Baltsa José Carreras Katia Ricciarelli José van Dam | Herbert von Karajan Berliner Philharmoniker | CD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat:[5][6] |
1984 | Julia Migenes-Johnson Plácido Domingo Faith Esham Ruggero Raimondi | Lorin Maazel Orchestre National de France Radio France chorus (film directed by Francesco Rosi) | CD: ERATO Cat: ECD 880373[5][6] |
1988 | Jessye Norman Neil Shicoff Mirella Freni Simon Estes | Seiji Ozawa Orchestre National de France French National Radio Chorus | CD: Decca Cat: 478 2488[5][6] |
1989 | Elena Obraztsova Vladimir Atlantov Margarita Miglau Yuri Mazurok | Yuri Simonov Bolshoi Theatre orchestra and chorus (sung in Russian) | CD: Melodiya Cat: MELCD1001516[6] |
1990 | Graciela Alperyn Giorgio Lamberti Doina Palade Alan Titus | Alexander Rahbari Czechoslovak Radio Symphony orchestra Slovak Philharmonic chorus | CD: Naxos Opera Classics Cat: 8660005-07[6] |
1994 | Béatrice Uria-Monzon Christian Papis Leontina Vaduva Vincent Le Texier | Alain Lombard Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine | CD: Auvidis Valois Cat: V 4734 |
1995 | Jennifer Larmore Thomas Moser Angela Gheorghiu Samuel Ramey | Giuseppe Sinopoli Bayerische Staatsoper orchestra and chorus | CD: Teldec Cat: 0630126722[6] |
2002 | Angela Gheorghiu Roberto Alagna Inva Mula Thomas Hampson | Michel Plasson Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse | CD: EMI Classics Cat: 07243 557434 2 8 |
2002 | Patricia Bardon Julian Gavin Mary Plazas Gary Magee | David Parry Philharmonia Orchestra Geoffrey Mitchell Choir New London Children's Choir (Sung in English) | CD: Chandos Cat: CHAN3091[6] |
2010 | Marina Domashenko Andrea Bocelli Eva Mei Bryn Terfel | Myung-whun Chung Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France | CD: Decca Cat:4757646[6] |
2012 | Magdalena Kožená Jonas Kaufmann Genia Kühmeier Kostas Smoriginas | Simon Rattle Berlin Philharmonic Deutsche Oper Berlin Chorus Deutsche Staatsoper Children's Chorus | CD: EMI Classics Cat: 50999 4 40285 2 7 |
Video recordings
Year | Cast (Carmen, Don José, Micaëla, Escamillo) | Conductor, Opera house and orchestra | Label |
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1956 | Belén Amparan Franco Corelli Elda Ribetti Anselmo Colzani | Nino Sanzogno Italian Television orchestra and chorus (video directed by Franco Enriquez) | DVD: Hardy Cat: HCD4013[8] |
1967 | Grace Bumbry Jon Vickers Mirella Freni Justino Díaz | Herbert von Karajan Vienna Philharmonic orchestra Vienna State Opera chorus | DVD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 00440 073 4032[9] |
1978 | Elena Obraztsova Plácido Domingo Isobel Buchanan Yuri Mazurok | Carlos Kleiber Vienna State Opera orchestra and chorus | DVD: TDK Cat: 8 24121 00097 4 |
1984 | Julia Migenes-Johnson Plácido Domingo Faith Esham Ruggero Raimondi | Lorin Maazel Orchestre National de France and chorus Children's Chorus of Radio France (film directed by Francesco Rosi) | DVD: Columbia TriStar Cat: CDR 10530 Blu-ray: Gaumont Cat: 750530 |
1985 | Maria Ewing Barry McCauley Marie McLaughlin David Holloway | Bernard Haitink London Philharmonic Orchestra (recorded at Glyndebourne Festival Opera) | DVD: Warner/NVC Arts Cat: 4509-99494-2[10] |
1987 | Agnes Baltsa José Carreras Leona Mitchell Samuel Ramey | James Levine Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus (staged by Franco Zeffirelli, video director Brian Large) | DVD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 00440 073 0009 |
2002 | Anne Sofie von Otter Marcus Haddock Lisa Milne Laurent Naouri | Philippe Jordan London Philharmonic Orchestra (recorded at Glyndebourne Opera House) | DVD: Opus Arte Cat: OA 0867 D[11] |
2006 | Anna Caterina Antonacci Jonas Kaufmann Norah Amsellem Ildebrando D'Arcangelo | Antonio Pappano Royal Opera House orchestra and chorus (directed by Francesca Zambello) | DVD: Decca Cat: 074 3312 Blu-ray: Decca Cat: 3313[12] |
2009 | Anna Caterina Antonacci Andrew Richards Anne-Catherine Gillet Nicolas Cavallier | John Eliot Gardiner Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique Monteverdi Choir, Maitrise des Hauts-de-Seine (directed by Adrian Noble) | DVD: Fra Musica Cat: FRA004 |
2010 | Elīna Garanča Roberto Alagna Barbara Frittoli Teddy Tahu Rhodes | Yannick Nézet-Séguin Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus (directed for the stage by Richard Eyre) | DVD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 0044 073 4581 8[13] |
2010 | Stéphanie d'Oustrac Gordon Gietz Olga Pasichnyk Jean-Luc Ballestra | Jean-Claude Casadesus Opéra de Lille orchestra and chorus (directed for the stage by Jean-François Sivadier) | DVD: France Inter Cat: 597 501-9 |
2017 | Elīna Garanča Roberto Alagna Maria Agresta Ildar Abdrazakov | Mark Elder Opéra national de Paris orchestra and chorus (Recorded live, Opéra Bastille; Calixto Bieito, stage director) | HD video: medici.tv[14] |
2018 | Anna Goryachova Francesco Meli Kristina Mkhitaryan Kostas Smoriginas | Jakub Hrůša The Royal Opera orchestra and chorus (Recorded live, 6 March 2018; Barrie Kosky, production) | HD video: Royal Opera Stream[15] |
2024 | Aigul Akhmetshina Piotr Beczała Angel Blue Kyle Ketelsen | Daniele Rustioni Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus (Recorded live, 27 January 2024; Carrie Cracknell, production) | HD video: Met Opera on Demand[16] |
References
Notes
- ^ Recordings of Carmen on operadis-opera-discography.org.uk
- ^ "Carmen. The first complete recording. Liner Notes by Harold Bruder". Marston Records. Archived from the original on 30 July 2013. Retrieved 29 July 2013.
- ^ "Carmen. Opéra-Comique Version Recorded in 1911. Liner Notes by Robert Baxter". Marston Records. Archived from the original on 23 December 2014. Retrieved 29 July 2013.
- ^ a b c d Milnes R. Carmen. Opera on Record, ed Blyth. Hutchinson & Co, 1979, p478-9.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Gruber, pp. 48-59
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad "Bizet: Carmen". Presto Classical. Retrieved 30 March 2012.
- ^ Due to the recording being switched from Paris to London and clashes of dates, about a third of the opera was recorded by the National Philharmonic Orchestra. Stuart, Philip. "Decca Classical, 1929-2009". Centre for the History and Analysis of Recorded Music, July 2009, accessed 28 August 2018.
- ^ O'Connor, Patrick (August 2004). "Bizet: Carmen". The Gramophone. Archived from the original on 2012-09-04.
- ^ "DVD review - Georges Bizet: Carmen - Karajan 1967". MusicWeb International (Christopher Howell). July 2005. Retrieved 2 March 2012.
- ^ "DVD review - Georges Bizet: Carmen - Haitink". MusicWeb International (Arthur Baker). August 2006. Retrieved 2 March 2012.
- ^ "DVD review - Georges Bizet: Carmen - Jordan". MusicWeb International (Tony Haywood). April 2003. Retrieved 2 March 2012.
- ^ "DVD review - Georges Bizet: Carmen - Pappano". MusicWeb International (Simon Thompson). July 2009. Retrieved 2 March 2012.
- ^ "DVD review - Georges Bizet: Carmen - Nézet-Séguin". MusicWeb International (Göran Forsling). October 2010. Retrieved 2 March 2012.
- ^ Bizet's Carmen, Paris Opera, 2017, medici.tv.
- ^ Carmen, Royal Opera, 2018, Royal Ballet & Opera Stream.
- ^ Bizet's Carmen, Metropolitan Opera, 2024, Met Opera on Demand.
Sources
- Blyth, Alan, ed. Opera on Record. Hutchinson & Co., London. 1979.
- Gruber, Paul, ed. The Metropolitan Opera Guide to Recorded Opera. W. W. Norton & Company, New York and London: Thames and Hudson, 1993 ISBN 0-500-01599-6
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