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Carmen

Title
Carmen [videorecording] / The Metropolitan Opera ; music by Georges Bizet ; libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halevy ; video director, Brian Large ; stage production, Paul Mills.
Publication
Hamburg : Deutsche Grammophon Video, [1988]

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Additional Authors
  • Large, Brian
  • Mérimée, Prosper, 1803-1870.
  • Meilhac, Henri, 1831-1897.
  • Halévy, Ludovic, 1834-1908.
  • Bizet, Georges, 1838-1875.
  • Baltsa, Agnes
  • Mitchell, Leona
  • Carreras, José.
  • Ramey, Samuel
  • Levine, James, 1943-2021.
  • Mills, Paul, 1946-
  • Deutsche Grammophon Video
  • Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.).
Description
2 videodiscs (172 min.) : sd. (stereo.), col.; 12 in.
Summary
In 19th century Seville, Carmen seduces a naive Army corporal, Don Jose, who abandons his career, his fiancee, and his dying mother for Carmen.
Subject
Note
  • Based on the story by Prosper Mérimée.
  • Program notes and synopsis in English and French (13 p. : ill.) inserted in container.
Credits (note)
  • Set and costume design, John Bury ; chorus choreographer, Elizabeth Keen ; act II choreographer, Maria Benitez.
Event (note)
  • Produced at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York, Feb. 1987.
System Details (note)
  • Laserdisc, extended play (CLV).
Language (note)
  • Sung in French with English subtitles.
Call Number
*LVD 267 (F)
OCLC
42507617
Title
Carmen [videorecording] / The Metropolitan Opera ; music by Georges Bizet ; libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halevy ; video director, Brian Large ; stage production, Paul Mills.
Imprint
Hamburg : Deutsche Grammophon Video, [1988]
Performer
Agnes Baltsa (Carmen) ; Leona Mitchell (Micaëla) ; Jose Carreras (Don José) ; Samuel Ramey (Escamillo) ; assisting singers ; Metropolitan Chorus, Orchestra and Ballet ; James Levine, conductor.
Credits
Set and costume design, John Bury ; chorus choreographer, Elizabeth Keen ; act II choreographer, Maria Benitez.
System Details
Laserdisc, extended play (CLV).
Event
Produced at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York, Feb. 1987.
Language
Sung in French with English subtitles.
Added Author
Large, Brian.
Mérimée, Prosper, 1803-1870. Carmen. Spanish.
Meilhac, Henri, 1831-1897.
Halévy, Ludovic, 1834-1908.
Bizet, Georges, 1838-1875. Carmen.
Baltsa, Agnes.
Mitchell, Leona.
Carreras, José.
Ramey, Samuel.
Levine, James, 1943-2021.
Mills, Paul, 1946-
Deutsche Grammophon Video.
Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.).
Publisher No.
072 509-1 Deutsche Grammophon
Research Call Number
*LVD 267 (F) Progam notes and synopsis on file.
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