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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 ; [producer, Samuel J. Paul].

Format:

[videorecording] /

Publisher:

Deutsche Grammophon Video,

Copyright Date:

c1989

Description:

1 videodisc (172 min.) : sd. (stereo.), col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Operas.

Other Authors:

Bizet, Georges, 1838-1875. Carmen.
Large, Brian.
Meilhac, Henri, 1831-1897.
Halévy, Ludovic, 1834-1908.
Baltsa, Agnes.
Mitchell, Leona.
Carreras, José.
Ramey, Samuel.
Levine, James, 1943-
Mills, Paul, 1946-
Paul, Samuel J.
Merritt, Myra.
Kesling, Diane.
Laciura, Anthony.
Hubbard, Bruce.
Hartman, Vernon.
Berberian, Ara.
Castel, Nico.
Duval, Charles.
Keen, Elizabeth.
Benitez, Maria.
Gräwe, Karl Dietrich, 1937-
Mérimée, Prosper, 1803-1870. Carmen.
Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.). Orchestra.
Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.). Chorus.
Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.). Ballet.
Deutsche Grammophon Video.

Notes:

Agnes Baltsa (Carmen), Leona Mitchell (Micaëla), Jose Carreras (Don José), Samuel Ramey (Escamillo), Myra Merritt, Diane Kesling, Anthony Laciura, Bruce Hubbard, Vernon Hartman, Ara Berberian, Nico Castel, Charles Duval ; Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra ; James Levine, conductor ; Metropolitan Ballet. Program notes and synopsis by Karl Dietrich Gräwe in English, German and French (23 p.) inserted in container. Based on the story by Prosper Mérimée. Produced at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York, Feb. 1987.

Summary:

In 19th cenetury Seville, Carmen seduces a naive Army corporal, Don Jose, who abandons his career, his fiancee, and his dying mother for Carmen.

Locations:

OSAX771 -- Grand View University Library (Des Moines)