5: Carmen and the Opera Comique
The opening of Carmen on 3 March 1875 was an historic night at the Opera Comique. Donald Macleod visits the theatre and reconsiders Bizet's famous composition. Chorus of the Cigarette Girls ... Habanera (Carmen, Act 1)
Tatiana Troyanos (mezzo), John Alldis Choir, LPO, conductor George Solti Vivat, Vivat le Torero.... Votre Toast (Toreador's Song) (Carmen, Act 2)
Colette Boky (soprano), Marilyn Home and Marcia Baldwin (mezzos),
Russell Christopher (tenor), Tom Krause (baritone), Donald Gramm (bass), Manhattan Opera Chorus, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, conductor Leonard Bernstein
Je Vais Danseren Votre Honneur.... La
Fleur Que Tu MAvais Jetee (Carmen, Act 2) Teresa Berganza (mezzo), Placido Domingo (tenor), LSO, conductor Claudio Abbado Card trio (Carmen, Act 3)
Maria Callas and Nadine Sautereau
(sopranos), Jane Bertie (mezzo), Paris Opera Orchestra, conductor Georges Pretre Micaela's aria (Carmen, Act 3)
Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano), London
Philharmonic, conductor Georg Solti Finale (Carmen, Act 4) Victoria de los
Angeles (soprano), Nicolai Gedda (tenor), French National Radio Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Thomas Beecham