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Live from the Met:Carmen

on BBC Radio 3

Bizet's opera was staged at the Met in a spectacular new production by Franco Zeffirelli earlier this season, and the production's original cast has been reassembled. It stars Waltraud Meier , in a rare excursion out of the German repertoire, as the tragic gypsy temptress; and Placido Domingo , in a role with which he has been closely associated throughout his career. Sung in French.
Chorus and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, conductor James Levine
Actl
7.30 Life before Carmen
Graham Fawcett discovers that ancient cultures and fascinating women haunted the stories of Merimee, the operas of Bizet, and both of their lives long before either worked on Carmen. Readers
Janet Maw and Christopher Scott.
7.55 Act 2
8.45 The Met Opera Quiz
Presenter William Livingstone invites opera experts Ben Cameron , Albert Innaurato and Speight Jenkins to tackle questions sent in by listeners.
9.05 Acts 3 and 4 Texaco supports the Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network, which is broadcast on Radio 3 through the EBU

Contributors

Production By:
Franco Zeffirelli
Unknown:
Waltraud Meier
Unknown:
Placido Domingo
Conductor:
James Levine
Unknown:
Graham Fawcett
Readers:
Janet Maw
Readers:
Christopher Scott.
Presenter:
William Livingstone
Unknown:
Ben Cameron
Unknown:
Albert Innaurato
Unknown:
Speight Jenkins
Carmen:
Waltraud Meier (mezzo)
Don Jose:
Placido Domingo (tenor)
Micaela:
Angela Gheorghiu (soprano)
Escamillo:
Sergei Leiferkus (baritone)
Frasquita:
Mary Dunleavy (soprano)
Mercedes:
Kristine Jepson (mezzo)
Remendado:
Tony Stevenson (tenor)
Dancairo:
Kim Josephson (baritone)
Morales:
Christopher Schaldenbrand (baritone)
Zuniga:
Jeffrey Wells (bass)

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