Bizet: Carmen (Highlights)

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Label
Naxos
Release Date
June 25, 1993
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      BIZET
    • PERFORMER
      Alexander, Slovak Philha, Doina, Rahbari, Ann, Palade, Giorgio, Liebeck, Graciela, Lamberti, Alperyn
    Product Details ⌄
    Works ⌄

    1. Prelude

      Composer: Georges Bizet

      Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Ali Rahbari

    2. Act I: La cloche a sonnee (Cigarette Factory Girls)

      Composer: Georges Bizet

      Ensemble: Slovak Philharmonic Chorus, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Ali Rahbari

    3. Act I: L'amour est un oiseau rebelle, "Habanera" (Carmen)

      Composer: Georges Bizet

      Ensemble: Slovak Philharmonic Chorus, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Graciela Alperyn

      Conductor: Ali Rahbari

    4. Act I: Seguidilla and Duet: Pres des remparts de Seville (Carmen, Don Jose)

      Composer: Georges Bizet

      Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Graciela Alperyn, Giorgio Lamberti

      Conductor: Ali Rahbari

    5. Entr'acte

      Composer: Georges Bizet

      Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Ali Rahbari

    6. Act II: Couplets: Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre (Escamillo, Chorus, Carmen)

      Composer: Georges Bizet

      Ensemble: Slovak Philharmonic Chorus, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Alan Titus, Graciela Alperyn

      Conductor: Ali Rahbari

    7. Act II: La fleur que tu m'avais jetee (Don Jose, Carmen)

      Composer: Georges Bizet

      Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Giorgio Lamberti, Graciela Alperyn

      Conductor: Ali Rahbari

    8. Entr'acte

      Composer: Georges Bizet

      Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Ali Rahbari

    9. Act III: Sextet and Chorus: Ecoute, ecoute, compagnon (Carmen, Don Jose, le Dancaire, Le Remendado, Frasquita, Mercedes, Smugglers)

      Composer: Georges Bizet

      Ensemble: Slovak Philharmonic Chorus, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Graciela Alperyn, Giorgio Lamberti, Ann Liebeck

      Conductor: Ali Rahbari

    10. Act III: Ensemble and Chorus: Quant au douanier, c'est notre affaire! (Carmen, Mercedes, Frasquita, Tous, Toutes Les Femmes, Micaela)

      Composer: Georges Bizet

      Ensemble: Slovak Philharmonic Chorus, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Graciela Alperyn, Ann Liebeck

      Conductor: Ali Rahbari

    11. Act III: Je dis que rien m'epouvante (Micaela)

      Composer: Georges Bizet

      Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Doina Palade

      Conductor: Ali Rahbari

    12. Act III: Entr'acte

      Composer: Georges Bizet

      Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Ali Rahbari

    13. Act IV: March and Chorus: Les voici! les voici! (Children, Sellers)

      Composer: Georges Bizet

      Ensemble: Slovak Philharmonic Chorus, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Ali Rahbari


Bizet's opera Carmen was first produced at the Opera-Comique in Paris in 1875. The French genre of opera-comique had arisen in the eighteenth century as a Gallic counterpart of the Italian opera buff, injecting an air of contemporary realism into operatic form. The success of operetta in the nineteenth century offered a challenge to the form, which retained the characteristic of the German Singspiel, spoken dialogue taking the place of the recitative of opera serial or French grand opera, but increasingly lacked power or conviction. Carmen, in it's original version with spoken dialogue, derived largely from Prosper M�rim�e's novel on which the opera was based. Created something of a scandal, and opened the way to a new form of opera. While nineteenth century French audiences at the Opera-Comique might find in Micaela a recognizable character, Carmen, a vicious outcast from decent society, was not the ideal heroine for popular family entertainment.