Prelude

Composer: Georges Bizet

Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

Conductor: David Parry

Act I: In the plaza (Soldiers, Morales)

Composer: Georges Bizet

Ensemble: Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, Philharmonia Orchestra

Performer: Toby Stafford-Allen

Conductor: David Parry

Act I: Just look at that delicious morsel! (Morales, Soldiers, Micaela)

Composer: Georges Bizet

Ensemble: Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, Philharmonia Orchestra

Performer: Mary Plazas, Toby Stafford-Allen

Conductor: David Parry

Act I: Here come our new soldier boys (Children)

Composer: Georges Bizet

Ensemble: New London Children's Choir, Philharmonia Orchestra

Conductor: David Parry

Act I: Jose! There was a girl here looking for you just now (Morales, Don Jose)

Composer: Georges Bizet

Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

Performer: Julian Gavin, Toby Stafford-Allen

Conductor: David Parry

Act I: Off with you old soldier boys (Children)

Composer: Georges Bizet

Ensemble: New London Children's Choir, Philharmonia Orchestra

Conductor: David Parry

Act I: Corporal! Sir! (Zuniga, Don Jose)

Composer: Georges Bizet

Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

Performer: Julian Gavin, Madis Metsamart

Conductor: David Parry

Act I: We have heard the bell summon us to meet here (Young Men)

Composer: Georges Bizet

Ensemble: Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, Philharmonia Orchestra

Conductor: David Parry

Act I: Ah, just look! (Soldiers, Cigarette Girls)

Composer: Georges Bizet

Ensemble: Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, Philharmonia Orchestra

Conductor: David Parry

Act I: But why hasn't she come, our Carmencita? (Soldiers, Young Men, Cigarette Girls, Carmen)

Composer: Georges Bizet

Ensemble: Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, Philharmonia Orchestra

Performer: Patricia Bardon

Conductor: David Parry

Act I: Habanera: Love's a bird wild as any rebel (Carmen, Cigarette Girls, Young Men, Soldiers)

Composer: Georges Bizet

Ensemble: Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, Philharmonia Orchestra

Performer: Patricia Bardon

Conductor: David Parry

Act I: Carmen! We will follow you high and low! (Young Men, Carmen, Don Jose, Cigarette Girls)

Composer: Georges Bizet

Ensemble: Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, Philharmonia Orchestra

Performer: Patricia Bardon

Conductor: David Parry

Act I: The cheek of it! (Don Jose, Micaela)

Composer: Georges Bizet

Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

Performer: Julian Gavin, Mary Plazas

Conductor: David Parry

Act I: Give me news of my mother! (Don Jose, Micaela)

Composer: Georges Bizet

Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

Performer: Julian Gavin, Mary Plazas

Conductor: David Parry

Act I: Your dear mother and I were leaving church this morning (Don Jose, Micaela )

Composer: Georges Bizet

Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

Performer: Julian Gavin, Mary Plazas

Conductor: David Parry

Act I: I see my mother's face! (Don Jose, Micaela)

Composer: Georges Bizet

Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

Performer: Julian Gavin, Mary Plazas

Conductor: David Parry

Act I: Wait a moment. I'm going to read the letter (Don Jose, Micaela)

Composer: Georges Bizet

Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

Performer: Julian Gavin, Mary Plazas

Conductor: David Parry

Act I: Come and help! (Cigarette Girls, Zuniga, Soldiers)

Composer: Georges Bizet

Ensemble: Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, Philharmonia Orchestra

Performer: Madis Metsamart

Conductor: David Parry

Act I: So, corporal, tell me what happened (Zuniga, Don Jose)

Composer: Georges Bizet

Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

Performer: Julian Gavin, Madis Metsamart

Conductor: David Parry

Act I: Well, Carmencita, what do you have to say for yourself? (Zuniga, Carmen)

Composer: Georges Bizet

Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

Performer: Patricia Bardon, Madis Metsamart

Conductor: David Parry

Act I: Where are you taking me? (Carmen, Don Jose)

Composer: Georges Bizet

Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

Performer: Patricia Bardon, Julian Gavin

Conductor: David Parry

Act I: Seguedilla: There's an old bar in the city (Carmen, Don Jose)

Composer: Georges Bizet

Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

Performer: Patricia Bardon, Julian Gavin

Conductor: David Parry

Act I: Careful, it's the lieutenant! (Don Jose, Zuniga, Carmen)

Composer: Georges Bizet

Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

Performer: Patricia Bardon, Julian Gavin, Madis Metsamart

Conductor: David Parry

Entr'acte

Composer: Georges Bizet

Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

Conductor: David Parry

Act II: Gipsy Song: From far away mysterious sounds (Carmen, Frasquita, Mercedes)

Composer: Georges Bizet

Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

Performer: Patricia Bardon, Sally Harrison, Mary Hegarty

Conductor: David Parry

Act II: Bravo, bravo! More! Keep dancing! (Zuniga, Frasquita, Mercedes, Carmen)

Composer: Georges Bizet

Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

Performer: Patricia Bardon, Sally Harrison, Mary Hegarty, Madis Metsamart

Conductor: David Parry

Act II: Hurrah! Hurrah! The Torero! (Friends of Escamillo)

Composer: Georges Bizet

Ensemble: Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, Philharmonia Orchestra

Conductor: David Parry

Act II: Who's that? It's Escamillo, the bullfighter from Granada (Zuniga, Frasquita, Friends of Escamillo)

Composer: Georges Bizet

Ensemble: Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, Philharmonia Orchestra

Performer: Mary Hegarty, Madis Metsamart

Conductor: David Parry

Act II: Hurrah! Hurrah! The Torero! (Zuniga, Officers, Friends of Escamillo, Mercedes, Frasquita, Carmen, Morales)

Composer: Georges Bizet

Ensemble: Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, Philharmonia Orchestra

Performer: Patricia Bardon, Sally Harrison, Mary Hegarty, Madis Metsamart, Toby Stafford-Allen

Conductor: David Parry

Act II: Toreador's aria: You're most kind (Escamillo, Frasquita, Mercedes, Carmen, Morales, Zuniga, Officers, Friends of Escamillo)

Composer: Georges Bizet

Ensemble: Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, Philharmonia Orchestra

Performer: Patricia Bardon, Sally Harrison, Mary Hegarty, Garry Magee, Madis Metsamart, Toby Stafford-Allen

Conductor: David Parry

Act II: We'll come with you, Senor Torero (Zuniga, Escamillo, Friends of Escamillo, Carmen, Frasquita, Mercedes)

Composer: Georges Bizet

Ensemble: Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, Philharmonia Orchestra

Performer: Patricia Bardon, Sally Harrison, Mary Hegarty, Garry Magee, Madis Metsamart

Conductor: David Parry

Act II: Toreador, be ready! (Friends of Escamillo)

Composer: Georges Bizet

Ensemble: Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, Philharmonia Orchestra

Conductor: David Parry

Act II: At last! We got rid of them as quickly as we could (Remendado, Frasquita, Dancaire, Mercedes)

Composer: Georges Bizet

Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

Performer: Sally Harrison, Mary Hegarty, Mark Le Brocq, Peter Wedd

Conductor: David Parry

Act II: There's a little job that we're starting! (Dancaire, Mercedes, Frasquita, Remendado, Carmen)

Composer: Georges Bizet

Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

Performer: Patricia Bardon, Sally Harrison, Mary Hegarty, Mark Le Brocq, Peter Wedd

Conductor: David Parry

Act II: Being in love is not a reason (Dancaire, Carmen, Frasquita, Mercedes, Don Jose)

Composer: Georges Bizet

Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

Performer: Patricia Bardon, Julian Gavin, Sally Harrison, Mary Hegarty, Peter Wedd

Conductor: David Parry

Act II: To bid you welcome to our bar (Carmen)

Composer: Georges Bizet

Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

Performer: Patricia Bardon

Conductor: David Parry

Act II: La la la la la la la la (Carmen, Don Jose)

Composer: Georges Bizet

Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

Performer: Patricia Bardon, Julian Gavin

Conductor: David Parry

Act II: Back to camp! … Go at once! (Carmen, Don Jose)

Composer: Georges Bizet

Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

Performer: Patricia Bardon, Julian Gavin

Conductor: David Parry

Act II: Flower Song: That flow'r you threw to me I treasured (Don Jose)

Composer: Georges Bizet

Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

Performer: Julian Gavin

Conductor: David Parry

Act II: No, it's not love at all! (Carmen, Don Jose)

Composer: Georges Bizet

Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

Performer: Patricia Bardon, Julian Gavin

Conductor: David Parry

Act II: Hello! Carmen! (Zuniga, Remendado, Dancaire, Gipsies, Zuniga, Don Jose, Frasquita, Mercedes)

Composer: Georges Bizet

Ensemble: Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, Philharmonia Orchestra

Performer: Julian Gavin, Sally Harrison, Mary Hegarty, Mark Le Brocq, Madis Metsamart, Peter Wedd

Conductor: David Parry

Act II: Lieutenant fair, it's true (Carmen, Remendado, Dancaire, Gipsies, Zuniga, Don Jose, Frasquita, Mercedes)

Composer: Georges Bizet

Ensemble: Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, Philharmonia Orchestra

Performer: Patricia Bardon, Julian Gavin, Sally Harrison, Mary Hegarty, Mark Le Brocq, Madis Metsamart, Peter Wedd

Conductor: David Parry

Act II: The sky above the open road (Gipsies, Frasquita, Mercedes, Carmen, Don Jose, Remendado, Dancaire)

Composer: Georges Bizet

Ensemble: Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, Philharmonia Orchestra

Performer: Patricia Bardon, Julian Gavin, Sally Harrison, Mary Hegarty, Mark Le Brocq, Peter Wedd

Conductor: David Parry

Entr'acte

Composer: Georges Bizet

Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

Conductor: David Parry

Act III: Keep going, dear old friend, keep going! (Gipsies, Frasquita, Mercedes, Carmen, Don Jose, Remendado, Dancaire)

Composer: Georges Bizet

Ensemble: Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, Philharmonia Orchestra

Performer: Patricia Bardon, Julian Gavin, Sally Harrison, Mary Hegarty, Mark Le Brocq, Peter Wedd

Conductor: David Parry

Act III: Right! Let's stop for a while (Dancaire, Don Jose, Carmen)

Composer: Georges Bizet

Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

Performer: Patricia Bardon, Julian Gavin, Peter Wedd

Conductor: David Parry

Act III: Shuffle! Cut them! (Frasquita, Mercedes, Carmen)

Composer: Georges Bizet

Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

Performer: Patricia Bardon, Sally Harrison, Mary Hegarty

Conductor: David Parry

Act III: In vain you would avoid the bitter things they're saying (Carmen, Frasquita, Mercedes)

Composer: Georges Bizet

Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

Performer: Patricia Bardon, Sally Harrison, Mary Hegarty

Conductor: David Parry

Act III: You're back! (Frasquita, Dancaire, Mercedes, Carmen, Remendado, Don Jose)

Composer: Georges Bizet

Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

Performer: Patricia Bardon, Sally Harrison, Mary Hegarty, Mark Le Brocq, Peter Wedd

Conductor: David Parry

Act III: As for that man, it should be easy! (Frasquita, Mercedes, Carmen, Gipsies, Remendado, Dancaire)

Composer: Georges Bizet

Ensemble: Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, Philharmonia Orchestra

Performer: Patricia Bardon, Sally Harrison, Mary Hegarty, Mark Le Brocq, Peter Wedd

Conductor: David Parry

Act III: Is this the place? (Micaela, Guide)

Composer: Georges Bizet

Ensemble: Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, Philharmonia Orchestra

Performer: Mary Plazas

Conductor: David Parry

Act III: I say that there's nothing to fear (Micaela)

Composer: Georges Bizet

Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

Performer: Mary Plazas

Conductor: David Parry

Act III: It's him! I'm sure it's him over there! (Micaela, Escamillo, Don Jose)

Composer: Georges Bizet

Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

Performer: Julian Gavin, Garry Magee, Mary Plazas

Conductor: David Parry

Act III: Escamillo is my name, and I come from Granada (Escamillo, Don Jose)

Composer: Georges Bizet

Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

Performer: Julian Gavin, Garry Magee

Conductor: David Parry

Act III: She had a lover here (Escamillo, Don Jose)

Composer: Georges Bizet

Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

Performer: Julian Gavin, Garry Magee

Conductor: David Parry

Act III: Hola! hola! Jose! (Carmen, Escamillo, Dancaire)

Composer: Georges Bizet

Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

Performer: Patricia Bardon, Garry Magee, Peter Wedd

Conductor: David Parry

Act III: You should take care, Carmen (Don Jose, Dancaire, Gipsies, Remendado, Carmen, Micaela, Frasquita, Carmen)

Composer: Georges Bizet

Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

Performer: Patricia Bardon, Julian Gavin, Mary Hegarty, Mark Le Brocq, Mary Plazas, Peter Wedd

Conductor: David Parry

Act III: Alas! Jose, your mother is ill (Micaela, Don Jose, Escamillo)

Composer: Georges Bizet

Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

Performer: Julian Gavin, Garry Magee, Mary Plazas

Conductor: David Parry

Entr'acte

Composer: Georges Bizet

Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

Conductor: David Parry

Act IV: A few cuartos! A few cuartos! (Merchants, Vendors, Zuniga, An Orange Vendor, A Gipsy)

Composer: Georges Bizet

Ensemble: Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, Philharmonia Orchestra

Performer: Clare McCaldin, Madis Metsamart, Ian Watson

Conductor: David Parry

Act IV: Here they come! Here they come! (Children, Merchants, Vendors, Chorus)

Composer: Georges Bizet

Ensemble: Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, New London Children's Choir, Philharmonia Orchestra

Conductor: David Parry

Act IV: If you love me, Carmen! (Escamillo, Carmen, Cordeliers, Frasquita, Mercedes)

Composer: Georges Bizet

Ensemble: Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, Philharmonia Orchestra

Performer: Garry Magee

Conductor: David Parry

Act IV: It's you! It's me! (Carmen, Don Jose)

Composer: Georges Bizet

Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

Performer: Patricia Bardon, Julian Gavin

Conductor: David Parry

Act IV: Viva! Viva! What a corrida! (Crowd, Don Jose, Carmen)

Composer: Georges Bizet

Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

Performer: Patricia Bardon, Julian Gavin

Conductor: David Parry