Carmen [DVD] : an opera in four acts / Musik von Georges Bizet ; Libretto von Henri Meilhac und Ludovic Halevy nach der Novelle von Prosper Merimee ; eine Produktion des ORF aus der Wiener Staatsoper.
Elena Obraztsova (Carmen) ; Placido Domingo (Don Jose) ; Yuri Mazurok (Escamillo) ; Isobel Buchanan (Micaela) ; soloists ; Chor der Wiener Staatsoper ; Die Wiener Sangerknaben ; Ballett der Wiener Staatsoper ; Buhnenorchester & Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper ; Carlos Kleiber, conductor. Recorded live at the Wiener Staatsoper, Dec. 9, 1978. Program notes by Gottfried Kraus in English translation (8 p.) in container.
Summary:
The first-ever release of Carlos Kleiber's famed Carmen on DVD. This 1978 performance features the staging of Franco Zeffirelli and stars the young, lyrical Placido Domingo as Don Jose and Elena Obraztsova as a perfectly natural Carmen.
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