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Carmen Bizet 's four-act opera, with libretto by HENRI MEILHAC and LUDOVIC halevy , after PROSPER MERIMEE'S novel. Recitatives by Guiraud. (sung in French)
Her friends:
FRENCH NATIONAL RADIO
AND CHILDREN'S CHORUSES. PETITS CHANTEURS DE
VERSAILLES
FRENCH NATIONAL RADIO ORCHESTRA/ THOMAS BEECHAM Records: 1958/9

Contributors

Unknown:
Carmen Bizet
Unknown:
Henri Meilhac
Unknown:
Ludovic Halevy
Unknown:
Thomas Beecham
Morales, a corporal:
Bernard Plantey(bar)
Micaela, a village girl:
Janine Micheau (soprano)
Don Jose, a corporal:
Nicolai Gedda (tenor)
Zuniga, a lieutenant:
Xavier Depraz (bass)
Carmen, a gypsy:
Victoria de Los Angeles
Frasquita:
Denise Monteil (soprano)
Merscédès:
Marcelle Croisier
Merscédès:
Monique Linval (sopranos)
Escamillo, a toreador:
Ernest Blanc (baritone)
El Dancairo, a smuggler:
Jean-Christophe Benoit
El Remendado:
Michel Hamel (tenor)
Source: Radio Times

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