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Live from the Met: Carmen

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Bizet's opera in a production starring the American singer who has recently made the title role very much her own. Sung in French.
Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera,
New York, conductor
John Fiore
Act
7.30 James Levine
The first of a two-part interview in which
Metropolitan Opera artistic director James Levine talks to Terence McNally.
7.50 Act 2
8.35 The Met Opera Quiz With Edward Downes.
8.50 Act 3

Contributors

Conductor:
John Fiore
Unknown:
James Levine
Talks:
James Levine
Unknown:
Terence McNally.
Unknown:
Edward Downes.
Carmen, a gypsy:
Denyce Graves (mezzo)
Don Jose, a corporal:
Richard Margison (tenor)
Escamillo, a bullfighter:
Sergei Leiferkus (baritone)
Micaela, a country girl:
Veronica Villaroel (sop)
Zuniga, a lieutenant:
James Courtney (bass)
Morales, a corporal:
Christopher Schaldenbrand (baritone)
Frasquita a gypsy:
Emily Pulley (sop)
Mercedes, a gypsy:
Margaret Lattimore (mezzo)
Remendado, a smuggler:
Anthony Laciura (tenor)
Dancairo, a smuggler:
Hector Vasquez (baritone)
Source: Radio Times

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