Sunday 28 April 2024

Bizet: Carmen - René Jacobs

 


Georges BIZET

(1838 - 1875)


Carmen

opera in 4 acts (Paris, 1875)

libretto: Henri Meilhac, Ludovic Halévy

original version, 1874 (ed. Paul Prévost & René Jacobs)


Sabine Devieilhe, soprano (Micaëla)

Margot Genet, soprano (Frasquita)

Gaëlle Arquez, mezzo-soprano (Carmen)

Séraphine Cotrez, mezzo-soprano (Mercédès)

Grégoire Mour, tenor (Le Remendado)

François Rougier, tenor (Don José)

Emiliano Gonzalez Toro, tenor (Le Dancaïre)

Yoann Dubruque, baritone (Moralès)

Thomas Dolié, bass-baritone (Escamillo)

Frédéric Caton, bass (Zuniga)


Choeur de Chambre de Namur

Children's choir of Opera Ballet Vlaanderen

B'Rock Orchestra


DIR.: RENÉ JACOBS


recorded: March 25, 2024, Elbphilharmonie, Hamburg


period instruments

flac (original bitrate: AAC 126 kbps)

source: YouTube


included: programmes with articles and interviews (NL, F, D, ES) [pdf]


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(01) act 1 [59'38"]

(02) act 2 [48'58"]

(03) act 3 [39'48"]

(04) act 4 [20'46"]


links:

Bizet, Carmen

libretto*

Sabine Devieilhe

Margot Genet

Gaëlle Arquez

Séraphine Cotrez

Grégoire Mour

François Rougier

Emiliano Gonzalez Toro

Yoann Dubruque

Thomas Dolié

Frédéric Caton

Choeur de Chambre de Namur

Children's Choir of Opera Ballet Vlaanderen

B'Rock Orchestra

(* the libretto is of limited use, as this is a performance of the original version,

that was adapted for the performance of 1875, which is generally performed today)


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1 comment:

  1. Thanks, very interesting.
    Seems a few still look down on Carmen, though it ranks very high amongst operas IMHO.
    Greatly admired by Tchaikovsky, of course. Back in the day when Radio 3 Controllers took its educational mission seriously there was a programme illustrating how the first theme of PIT's 4th symphony is derived from the Toreador's song - the Toreador perceived by Tchaikovsky as the opera's embodiment of Fate.

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