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
editVideo recordings
edit| Year | Cast (Carmen, Don José, Micaëla, Escamillo) |
Conductor, Opera house and orchestra |
Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
editNotes
- ^ 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