Bizet - Carmen

Deepa Johnny (Carmen), Stanislas de Barbeyrac (Don José), Nicolas Courjal (Escamillo), Iulia Maria Dan (Micaëla) Orchestre de l'opéra de Rouen Normandie, Chœur Accentus, Chœur d’enfants de la Maîtrise du Conservatoire de Rouen, Ben Glassberg, Romain Gilbert

Magdalena Kožená (Carmen), Jonas Kaufmann (Don José), Genia Kühmeier (Micaëla), Kostas Smoriginas (Escamillo), Christian van Horn (Zuniga), Andrè Schuen (Moralès), Christina Landshammer (Frasquita), Rachel Frenkel (Mercédès), Jean-Paul Fouchécourt (Remendado) & Simone del Savio (Dancairo) Chor der Deutschen Staatsoper Berlin & Berliner Philharmoniker, Sir Simon Rattle

Julia Migenes (Carmen), Plácido Domingo (Don José), Ruggero Raimondi (Escamillo), Faith Esham (Micaëla), Susan Daniel (Mercédès), Lilian Watson (Frasquita), François Le Roux (Moralès), John Paul Bogart (Zuniga) Choeurs et Maîtrise de Radio France & Orchestre National de France, Lorin Maazel

Aigul Akhmetshina (Carmen), Piotr Beczała (Don José), Olga Kulchynska (Micaëla), Kostas Smoriginas (Escamillo), Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Antonello Manacorda, Damiano Michieletto

Patricia Bardon (Carmen), Julian Gavin (Don José), Garry Magee (Escamillo), Mary Plazas (Micaëla), Toby Stafford-Allen (Moralès), Nicholas Garret (Zuniga) Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, New London Children's Choir, Philharmonia Orchestra, David Parry

Angela Gheorghiu (Carmen), Roberto Alagna (Don José), Inva Mula (Micaëla), Thomas Hampson (Escamillo) La Lauzeta, Choeur d'enfants de Toulouse, Choeur 'Les Éléments', Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, Michel Plasson

Opéra Comique, Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Louis Langrée, Laurence Equilbey, Raphaël Pichon

Christa Ludwig (Carmen), Melitta Muszely (Micaëla), Ursula Schirrmacher (Frasquita), Ursula Gust (Mercédès), Rudolf Schock (Don José), Hermann Prey (Escamillo); Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin & Berliner Symphoniker, Horst Stein

Marilyn Horne, James McCracken, Adriana Maliponte, Tom Krause Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Children's Chorus, Manhatten Opera Chorus, Leonard Bernstein

Herbert von Karajan, Wiener Philharmoniker, Bernard Demigny (baritone), Chor der Wiener Staatsoper, Mirella Freni (soprano), Franco Corelli (tenor), Frank Schooten (bass vocal), Leontyne Price (soprano), Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Monique Linval (soprano), Geneviève Macaux (mezzo-soprano), Vienna State Opera Chorus, Robert Merrill (baritone), Jean-Christophe Benoît (baritone), Maurice Besançon (tenor), Die Wiener Sängerknaben

Maria Callas (Carmen), Nicolai Gedda (Don José), Andréa Guiot (Micaëla), Robert Massard (Escamillo), Nadine Sautereau (Frasquita), Jane Berbié (Mercédès), Jean-Paul Vauquelin (Le Dancaïre), Jacques Pruvost (Le Remendado), Claude Cales (Moralès), Jacques Mars (Zuniga) Orchestre du Théâtre National de l’Opéra de Paris, Chœurs René Duclos & Chœurs d’enfants Jean Pesneaud, Georges Prêtre

Aigul Akhmetshina (Carmen), Piotr Beczała (Don José), Olga Kulchynska (Micaëla), Kostas Smoriginas (Escamillo), Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Antonello Manacorda, Damiano Michieletto

Sona Cervená (Carmen), Rolf Apreck (Don José), Maria Croonen (Micaëla), Robert Lauhöfer (Escamillo), Ursula Engert (Frasquita), Sigrid Kehl (Mercédès), Günther Leib (Le Dancaïre), Harald Neukirch (Le Remendado), Bruno Aderhold (Moralès), Wilhelm Klemm (Zuniga) Leipzig Radio Chorus, Leipzig Radio Children's Choir, Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra, Herbert Kegel

Raymonde Visconti & Georges Thill Chorus et Orchestre Symphonique de Paris, Elie Cohen

Victoria de los Angeles (Carmen), Nicolai Gedda (Don Jose), Ernest Blanc (Escamillo), Janine Micheau (Micaela), Denise Monteil (Frasquita), Jean-Christophe Benoit (Dancaire) & Michel Hamel (Remendado) Choeurs et Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française, Sir Thomas Beecham

Angela Gheorghiu (Carmen), Roberto Alagna (Don José), Inva Mula (Micaëla), Thomas Hampson (Escamillo), Elizabeth Vidal (Frasquita), Isabelle Cals (Mercédès), Ludovic Tézier (Moralès), Nicolas Cavallier (Zuniga), Nicolas Rivenq (Le Dancaïre), Yann Beuron (Le Remendado), Anne Gotkovsky (A Fruitseller) & Didier Chevalier (A Gypsy) La Lauzeta, Choeur d’enfants de Toulouse, Choeur “Les Éléments” & Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, Michel Plasson

Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Louis Langrée, Laurence Equilbey, Raphaël Pichon

Arne Hendriksen (Don José), Carl-Axel Hallgren (Morales), Anders Naslund (Zuninga), Olle Sivall (Le Remendado), Elisabeth Soderstrom (Micaela), Kerstin Meyer (Carmen), Sigurd Bjorling (Escamillo), Erik Sundquist (Le Dancaire), Busk Margit Jonsson (Frasquita), Kjerstin Dellert (Mercedes) Stockholm Royal Opera Chorus, Stockholm Royal Opera Orchestra, Sixten Ehrling

Giulietta Simionato (Carmen), Rosanna Carteri (Micaela), Giuseppe di Stefano (Don José), Michel Roux (Escamillo), Graziella Sciutti (Frasquita) & Luisa Ribacchi (Mercédès) La Scala, Herbert von Karajan

David Timson (reader)

Beatrice Uria-Monzon (Carmen) Orchestre National de Bordeaux Aquitaine, Alain Lombard

Soňa Červená (mezzo soprano, soloist), Wilhelm Klemm (bass, soloist), Rolf Apreck (soloist, tenor), Ursula Engert (soloist, soprano), Sigrid Kehl (alto, soloist), Robert Lauhöfer (baritone, soloist), Günther Leib (baritone, soloist), Harald Neukirch (soloist, tenor), Maria Croonen (soloist, soprano), MDR Sinfonieorchester, Rundfunk-Kinderchor Leipzig, Leipzig Radio Choir, Herbert Kegel

Grace Bumbry (Carmen), Jon Vickers (Don José), Mirella Freni (Micaëla) & Kostas Paskalis (Escamillo) Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos

James McCracken (tenor), Marilyn Horne (mezzo-soprano), Colette Boky (soprano), Adriana Maliponte (soprano), Andrea Velis (baritone), Marcia Baldwin (soprano), Russell Christopher (tenor), Raymond Gibbs (bass), Tom Krause (baritone), Donald Gramm (bass), Metropolitan Opera, The Manhattan Opera Chorus, The Metropolitan Childrens Chorus, Leonard Bernstein, John Mauceri

Ebe Stignani, Beniamino Gigli, Gino Bechi Vincenzo Bellezza

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

Giulietta Simionato (Carmen), Franco Corelli (Don José), Renata Scotto (Micaëla), Ettore Bastianini (Escamillo), Adalina Grigolato (Frasquita), Aurora Cattelani (Mercédès), Alessandro Maddalena (Zuniga) Arena di Verona, Francesco Molinari-Pradelli

Grace Bumbry (Carmen), Jon Vickers (Don José), Mirella Freni (Micaëla), Kostas Paskalis (Escamillo), Eliane Lublin (Frasquita), Viorica Cortez (Mercédès), Michel Trempont (Le Dancaïre), Albert Voli (Le Remendado), Claude Meloni (Moralès), Bernard Gontcharenko (Zuniga) Paris Opera Orchestra, Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos

Marina Domashenko (Carmen), Andrea Bocelli (Don José), Bryn Terfel (Escamillo), Eva Mei (Micaela) Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Myung-Whun Chung

Marilyn Horne (mezzo-soprano), John Mauceri (chorus master), James McCracken (tenor), Raymond Gibbs (bass (vocal)), Donald Gramm (bass (vocal)), Adriana Maliponte (soprano), Colette Boky (soprano), Russell Christopher (tenor), Tom Krause (baritone), Andrea Velis (baritone), Marcia Baldwin (soprano), Mischa Maisky (cello), Nicolai Ghiaurov (bass (vocal)), Elisabeth Ziegler (chorus master), Norbert Balatsch (chorus master), Gerhart Hetzel (violin), Krystian Zimerman (piano), Wolfgang Herzer (cello), Gidon Kremer (violin), Leonard Bernstein (narrator), Metropolitan Opera, The Manhattan Opera Chorus, The Metropolitan Childrens Chorus, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Gumpoldskirchner Spatzen, Wiener Philharmoniker, Chor der Wiener Staatsoper, New York Stadium Symphony Orchestra

Ira Malaniuk (Carmen), Anny Schlemm (Micaëla), Hans Hopf (Don José), Walter Berry (Escamillo), Erna Maria Duske (Frasquita) & Hildegunt Walther (Mercédès) Cologne Radio, André Cluytens

Grace Bumbry (Carmen), Jon Vickers (Don Jose), Robert Kerns (Morales), Olivera Miljakovic (Frasquita), Justino Díaz (Escamillo), John van Kersten (Le Dancaire), Julia Hamari (Mercedes), Mirella Freni (Micaela), Milen Paunov (Le Remendado) Salzburg Festival Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan

Consuelo Rubio (Carmen), Leopold Simoneau (Don José), Pierrette Alaire (Micaëla), Maria Lopez (Frasquita), Heinz Rehfuss (Escamillo), Jose Serrano (Le Dancaïre), Francine Arrauzau (Mercédès), Bernard Delacroix (Moralès), Paolo Ferme (Zuniga) Orchestre des Concerts de Paris, Choeurs des Concerts de Paris, Pierre-Michel Le Conte

Gian Giacomo Guelfi, Franco Corelli, Margerhita Benetti, Margherita Benetti, Pia Tassinari, Orchestra Sinfonica di Torino della RAI, Arturo Basile

German Chamber Philharmonic Wind Soloists

Dame Margaret Price (soprano), Juliane Banse (soprano), Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano), Ludger Boeckenhoff, Ingmar Haas, Hildegard Behrens (soprano), Franz Grundheber (baritone), Aage Haugland (bass (vocal)), Philip Langridge (tenor), Anna Gonda (alto), Walter Raffeiner (tenor), Heinz Zednik (tenor), Alfred Sramek (bass (vocal)), Werner Kamenik (tenor), Alexander Maly (baritone), Peter Jelosits (tenor), Helmut Froschauer (chorus master), Viktoria Lehner (soprano), Martin Haselböck (organ), Francisco Araiza (tenor), Richard Hickox (chorus director), Robert Lloyd (bass (vocal)), Teresa Berganza (mezzo-soprano), Stuart Harling (baritone), Plácido Domingo (tenor), Richard Amner (baritone), John McCarthy (chorus master), Ileana Cotrubas (soprano), Patrick Criswell (chorus master), Yvonne Kenny (soprano), Jean Lainé (tenor, speaker), Alicia Nafé (mezzo-soprano), George Main (speaker), Sherrill Milnes (baritone), Geoffrey Pogson (tenor), Gordon Sandison (baritone), Leslie Fyson (baritone), London Symphony Orchestra, Wiener Philharmoniker, Chor der Wiener Staatsoper, Wiener Sängerknaben, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Haberdasher's Aske's School Boy's Choir, The Choirboys of High Wycombe Parish Church, The Choir of Forest School, Winnersh, European Community Youth Orchestra, Southend Boys Choir, Desborough School Choir, St. Alban's School Choir, Wooburn Singers, London Philharmonic Choir, London Symphony Chorus, Watson's George College Boys' Chorus, Ambrosian Singers, Claudio Abbado

Leontyne Price (soprano), Franco Corelli (tenor), Robert Merrill (baritone), Mirella Freni (soprano), Monique Linval (soprano), Vienna State Opera Chorus, Geneviève Macaux (mezzo-soprano), Wilhelm Pitz (Vienna State Opera Chorus) (chorus master), Jean-Christophe Benoit (baritone), Maurice Besançon (tenor), Helmuth Froschauer (Vienna Boys' Choir) (chorus master), Frank Schooten (bass), Bernard Demigny (baritone), Chor der Wiener Staatsoper, Wilhelm Pitz (chorus master), Helmuth Froschauer (chorus master), Wiener Sängerknaben, Wiener Philharmoniker, Wiener Staatsoper, Herbert von Karajan

Alexandrina Milcheva (Carmen), Nikola Nikolov (Don José), Liljana Vassileva (Micaëla), Nicola Ghiuselev (Escamillo), Cvetanka Arsinkova (Frasquita), Stefka Popangelova (Mercédès), Verter Vrachovski (Le Dancaïre), Milen Paunov (Le Remendado), Georgi Genov (Morales), Pavel Gerdzhikov (Zuniga) Sofia National Opera Orchestra, Ivan Marinov

Licia Albanese, Charles Kullman, Gladys Swarthout, Leonard Warren New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus, Wilfred Pelletier

Solange Michel, Raoul Jobin, Martha Angelici, Michel Dens Chorus & Orchestra of the Opéra-Comique Paris, André Cluytens

Anna Moffo (Carmen), Franco Corelli (Don Jose), Helen Donath (Micaela), Piero Cappuccilli (Escamillo), Arleen Auger (Frasquita), Jane Berbie (Mercedes), Karl-Ernst Mercker (Remendado), Jean-Christophe Benoit (Dancairo), Barry McDaniel (Morales), Jose van Dam (Zuniga) Schoenberg Boys' Choir & Berlin Deutsche Oper Chorus, Lorin Maazel

Maria Callas, Andréa Guiot, Nicolai Gedda, Robert Massard René Duclos Choir, Orchestra of National Opera, Paris, Georges Prêtre

Ebe Stignani (Carmen), Beniamino Gigli (Don José), Rina Gigli (Micaëla), Gino Bechi (Escamillo), Anna Maria Marcangeli (Frasquita), Fernanda Cadoni (Mercédès), Arturo La Porta (Le Dancaïre), Salvatore De Tommaso (Le Remendado), Guido Mazzini (Moralès), Giulio Tomei (Zuniga) Orchestra del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, Vincenzo Bellezza

Brigitte Fassbaender (Carmen), Ludovic Spiess (Don Jose), Wolfgang Anheisser (Escamillo), Anneliese Rothenberger (Micaela), Ingeborg Springer (Mercedes), Renate Hoff (Frasquita) Dresden Staatskapelle, Leipzig Radio Chorus, Dresden Philharmonic Children's Choir, Giuseppe Patane

Alain Lombard & Georges Bizet, Alain Lombard

Regina Resnik (Carmen), Mario del Monaco (Don José), Joan Sutherland (Micaëla), Tom Krause (Escamillo), Georgette Spanellys (Frasquita), Yvonne Minton (Mercédès), Claude Cales (Moralès), Robert Geay (Zuniga) Suisse Romande Orchestra, Thomas Schippers

Conchita Supervia

Giulietta Simionato, Nicolai Gedda, Hilde Guden, Frederick Guthrie, MIchel Roux, Graziella Sciutti, Mario Carlin Wienner Symphoniker, Wiener Singverein Chor, Wiener Symphoniker, Wiener Singverein, Herbert Von Karajan

Livia Budai, Giorgio Arristo, Ileana Cotrubas, Robert Hale, Stephen Dupont, Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra Rico Saccani

Christa Ludwig (Carmen), James King (Don José), Eberhard Waechter (Escamillo), Jeanette Pilou (Macaëla), Lucia Popp (Frasquita), Margarita Lilova (Mercédès), Oskar Czerwenka (Zuniga), Reid Bunger (Moralès), Murray Dickie (Remendado) & Erich Kunz (Dancaïre) Lorin Maazel

Régine Crespin (soprano vocals), Nadine Denize (mezzo-soprano vocals), Chorus of the Opéra du Rhin (chorus), Jeanette Pilou (soprano vocals), Maria Rose Carminati (soprano vocals), Rémy Corazza (tenor vocals), Gilbert Py (tenor vocals), Jacques Trigeau (baritone vocals), Choeur de l'Opéra du Rhin (chorus), José van Dam (baritone vocals), Maria Rosa Carminati (soprano vocals), José van Dam (bass-baritone) Orchestre Philarmonique de Strasbourg, Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg, Alain Lombard

Solange Michel (mezzo-soprano, narrator), Julien Thirache (baritone), Raoul Jobin (tenor, narrator), Martha Angelici (soprano, narrator), Xavier Smati (bass, narrator), Frédéric Leprin (bass, baritone, narrator), Germaine Chellet (soprano, narrator), Raymonde Notti (soprano, baritone), Gustave Arschodt (narrator), Jean Vieuille (bass, narrator), Michel Dens (baritone, narrator), Orchestre du Théâtre National de l'Opéra-Comique, Chœurs du Théâtre National de l'Opéra-Comique, André Cluytens

Lily Djanel, Licia Albanese, Raoul Jobin, Leonard Warren Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus, Thomas Beecham

Leontyne Price (soprano), Franco Corelli (tenor), Robert Merrill (baritone), Mirella Freni (soprano), Monique Linval (soprano), Vienna State Opera Chorus, Geneviève Macaux (mezzo-soprano), Wilhelm Pitz (Vienna State Opera Chorus) (chorus master), Jean-Christophe Benoit (baritone), Maurice Besançon (tenor), Helmuth Froschauer (Vienna Boys' Choir) (chorus master), Frank Schooten (bass), Bernard Demigny (baritone), Chor der Wiener Staatsoper, Wilhelm Pitz (chorus master), Helmuth Froschauer (chorus master), Wiener Sängerknaben, Wiener Philharmoniker, Wiener Staatsoper, Herbert von Karajan

Béatrice Uria-Monzon, Christian Papis, Vincent Le Texier, Maryse Castets, Martine Olmeda, Franck Leguérinel, Thierry Trégan Choeur du Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux, Orchestre national Bordeaux Aquitaine, Alain Lombard

Giulietta Simionato (Carmen), Nicolai Gedda (Don Jose), Hilde Güden (Micaela), Michel Roux (Escamillo) Herbert von Karajan

Jessye Norman (Carmen), Neil Shicoff (Don José), Mirella Freni (Micaela), Simon Estes (Escamillo), Ghylaine Raphanel (Frasquita), Jean Rigby (Mercédès), Francois Le Roux (Dancairo), Gerard Garino (Remendado), Nicolas Rivenq (Morales), Jean-Philippe Courtis (Zuniga) Choeurs de Radio France & Orchestre National De France, Seiji Ozawa

Anna Caterina Antonacci (Carmen), Jonas Kaufmann (Don Jose), Norah Amsellem (Micaela), Ildebrando D'Arcangelo (Escamillo), Jacques Imbrailo (Morales), Matthew Rose (Zuniga), Elena Xanthoudakis (Frasquita), Viktoria Vizin (Mercedes), Caroline Lena Olsson (Lillas Pastia), Jean Sebastien Bou (Le Dancaire), Jean-Paul Fouchecourt (Le Remendado) The Orchestra & Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Antonio Pappano (conductor) & Francesca Zambello (stage director)

Gaëlle Arquez (Carmen), Daniel Johansson (Don José), Scott Hendricks (Escamillo), Elena Tsallagova (Micaëla) Wiener Symphoniker, Paolo Carigni

Gaëlle Arquez (Carmen), Daniel Johansson (Don José), Scott Hendricks (Escamillo), Elena Tsallagova (Micaëla) Wiener Symphoniker, Paolo Carignani