Bizet: Carmen

Teresa Berganza (Carmen), Plácido Domingo (Don Jose), Sherrill Milnes (Escamillo), Ileana Cotrubas (Micaela), Yvonne Kenny (Frasquita), Alicia Nafé (Mercédès), Robert Lloyd (Zuniga), Stuart Harling (Moralès), London Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado

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Abbado’s years with the London Symphony Orchestra resulted in three celebrated sets with the Spanish mezzo Teresa Berganza in central roles – and few could be more “central” than Bizet’s Carmen. Made in 1977, the recording followed staged performances directed by Piero Fagioni at the Edinburgh Festival. Berganza had studied the Carmen story, immersed herself in the opera’s background and delivered a characterization that emphasized the gipsy’s nobility, while Abbado’s conducting was both dramatic and vividly coloured.

Release date: 5th Jun 2020
Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Catalogue number: 4838570
Length: 2 hours 36 minutes
Genre:
- Opera

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ExcerptBizet: Carmen

Work length3:31

London Symphony Orchestra
Claudio Abbado
Recorded: 1977-09-15
Recording Venue: St. John's, London

Overture (Prelude)

Track length3:31

Bizet: Carmen, WD 31 / Act 1

Work length50:02

Teresa Berganza (mezzo-soprano), Stuart Harling (baritone), Robert Lloyd (bass), John McCarthy (chorus master), Ileana Cotrubas (soprano), Plácido Domingo (tenor), Patrick Criswell (chorus master), Richard Amner (baritone)
Watson's George College Boys' Chorus, Ambrosian Singers, London Symphony Orchestra
Claudio Abbado
Recorded: 1977-09-15
Recording Venue: St. John's, London

Introduction: "Sur la place chacun passe"

Track length2:09

"Regardez donc cette petite"

Track length4:08

"Avec la garde montante"

Track length2:34

"Repos!"

Track length0:46

"Allons! Allons!"

Track length1:33

"Dites-moi, brigadier?"

Track length1:07

"La cloche a sonné"

Track length5:10

"Mais nous ne voyons pas la Carmencita"

Track length0:44

"Quand je vous aimerai?" - "L'amour est un oiseau rebelle"

Track length4:49

"Carmen, sur tes pas, nous nous pressons tous"

Track length2:24

"Monsieur le brigadier?" - "Parle-moi de ma mère!"

Track length1:40

"Votre mère avec moi sortait de la chapelle"

Track length2:18

"Ma mère, je la vois..."

Track length2:26

"Que son fils l'aime et la vénère" - "Eh bien, eh bien!"

Track length4:03

"Au secours!"

Track length3:19

"Voyons, brigadier..." - "Tra la la la..."

Track length4:10

Chanson et Duo: "Près des remparts de Séville"

Track length4:29

"Le lieutenant!... Prenez garde."

Track length2:13

ExcerptBizet: Carmen

Work length1:46

London Symphony Orchestra
Claudio Abbado
Recorded: 1977-09-15
Recording Venue: St. John's, London

Entracte (between Act I & II)

Track length1:46

Bizet: Carmen, WD 31 / Act 2

Work length42:23

Plácido Domingo (tenor), Teresa Berganza (mezzo-soprano), Robert Lloyd (bass), John McCarthy (chorus master), Alicia Nafé (mezzo-soprano), Yvonne Kenny (soprano), George Main (speaker), Jean Lainé (tenor), Geoffrey Pogson (tenor), Sherrill Milnes (baritone), Gordon Sandison (baritone)
Ambrosian Singers, London Symphony Orchestra
Claudio Abbado
Recorded: 1977-09-15
Recording Venue: St. John's, London

"Les tringles des sistres tintaient"

Track length5:05

"Vous avez quelque chose à nous dire"

Track length1:17

"Tout est bien alors" - "Vivat! vivat le toréro!"

Track length1:31

"Votre toast... je peux..." - "Toréador, en garde"

Track length8:00

"Nous avons en tête une affaire!"

Track length4:48

"Amoureuse... ce n'est pas une raison" - "Halte-là! Qui va là?"

Track length2:27

"Je vais danser en votre honneur"

Track length5:40

"La fleur que tu m'avais jetée"

Track length4:15

"Non, tu ne m'aimes pas!"

Track length4:00

"Holà! Carmen! Holà!"

Track length3:31

"Suis-nous à travers la campagne"

Track length1:49

ExcerptBizet: Carmen

Work length2:59

London Symphony Orchestra
Claudio Abbado
Recorded: 1977-09-15
Recording Venue: St. John's, London

Entracte (Between Act II & III)

Track length2:59

Bizet: Carmen, WD 31 / Act 3

Work length56:00

Jean Lainé (speaker), Richard Amner (baritone), John McCarthy (chorus master), Yvonne Kenny (soprano), Ileana Cotrubas (soprano), Sherrill Milnes (baritone), Jean Lainé (tenor), Geoffrey Pogson (tenor), Leslie Fyson (baritone), Alicia Nafé (mezzo-soprano), Gordon Sandison (baritone), Teresa Berganza (mezzo-soprano), Plácido Domingo (tenor)
London Symphony Orchestra, Ambrosian Singers
Claudio Abbado
Recorded: 1977-09-15
Recording Venue: St. John's, London

"Écoute, compagnon, écoute!"

Track length4:40

"Halte! nous allons nous arrêter ici!"

Track length1:29

"Mêlons!"-"Mêlons!"-"Coupons!"

Track length3:20

"Carreau! Pique!... La mort!"

Track length3:19

"Parlez encore, parlez, mes belles"

Track length0:50

"Eh! bien, j'avais raison."

Track length0:29

"Quant au douanier, c'est notre affaire!"

Track length3:08

"Nous y sommes"

Track length0:44

"Je dis que rien ne m'épouvante"

Track length4:52

"Mais... je ne me trompe pas..." - "Je suis Escamillo, toréro de Grenade."

Track length3:43

"Holà, José!"

Track length3:00

"Halte! quelqu'un est là qui cherche à se cacher."

Track length5:19

Entr'acte

Track length2:10

Choeur: "A dos cuartos!"

Track length2:22

"Les voici! voici le quadrille!"

Track length3:50

"Si tu m'aimes, Carmen"

Track length3:21

"C'est toi!" "C'est-moi!"

Track length9:24

Bizet: Carmen

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