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Composer of the Week: Bizet

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

Saint-Saens, Brahms, Wagner,
Strauss and even Nietzsche heaped praise upon Bizet's last and greatest opera. Bizet died on the night of the 33rd performance at the age of just 37, when Carmen was still considered a flop. History, however, has proved otherwise.
Carmen (excerpts)
Chorus of Radio France, French NO, conductor Seiji Ozawa
Repeated New Dear's Day 12 midnight

Contributors

Conductor:
Seiji Ozawa
Carmen:
Jessye Norman (soprano)
Don Jose:
Neil Shicoff (tenor)
Escamillo:
Simon Estes (bass)
Source: Radio Times

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