This is a discography of audio and video recordings of Carmen, a French-language opera by Georges Bizet. The opera premiered at the Opéra-Comique in Paris on 3 March 1875. Carmen is one of the most frequently recorded operas, dating back to a near-complete German acoustical recording in 1908.
Audio recordings
| Year | Cast (Carmen, Don José, Micaëla, Escamillo) |
Conductor, Opera house and orchestra |
Label/Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1908 | Emmy Destinn
Carl Jörn |
Bruno Seidler-Winkler Grammophone Orchestra Berlin Berlin State Opera chorus (sung in German) |
CD: Aura Music Cat: LRC 1900 CD: Marston Records Cat: 52022-2 |
| 1911 | Marguerite Mérentié Agustarello Affré Aline Vallandri Henri Albers |
François Ruhlmann l'Orchestre Symphonique Chœur de l'Opéra-Comique |
CD: Malibran Cat: MR 560 CD: Marston Records Cat: 52019-2 |
| 1920 | Fanny Anitùa Luigi Bolis Ines Maria Ferraris Cesare Formichi |
Unknown Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus (sung in Italian) |
LP: Columbia Cat: D 5582-97 |
| 1927 | Lucy Perelli José de Trévi Yvonne Brothier Louis Musy |
Piero Coppola Chœur et Orchestre de l'Opéra-Comique |
LP: Victor Cat: |
| 1928 | Raymonde Visconti Georges Thill Marthe Nespoulous Louis Guénot |
Élie Cohen l'Orchestre Symphonique de Paris Chœur de l'Opéra-Comique |
LP: Columbia Recording Cat: 27809 |
| 1931 | Gabriella Besanzoni Piero Pauli Maria Carbone Ernesto Besanzoni |
Carlo Sabajno Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus (sung in Italian) |
CD: Myto Records Cat: |
| 1932 | Aurora Buades Aureliano Pertile Ines Alfani Tellini [it] Benvenuto Franci [it] |
Lorenzo Molajoli Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus (sung in Italian) |
CD: Phonographe Records Cat: |
| 1937 | Rosa Ponselle René Maison Hilda Burke Julius Huehn |
Gennaro Papi Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus |
CD: Walhall Cat: WHL 15 |
| 1942 | Germaine Cernay Raymond Berthaud Ginette Guillamat Lucien Lovano |
Désiré-Émile Inghelbrecht Orchestre National de France |
CD: Malibran-Music (Radio Provence) Cat: CDRG172 |
| Elisabeth Höngen Torsten Ralf Elfriede Weidlich Josef Herrmann |
Karl Böhm Staatsoper Dresden orchestra and chorus (sung in German) |
CD: Preiser Cat: PR90152 | |
| 1943 | Lily Djanel Raoul Jobin Licia Albanese Leonard Warren |
Thomas Beecham Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus |
CD: Walhall Cat: WLCD0006 |
| 1950 | Solange Michel Raoul Jobin Martha Angelici Michel Dens |
André Cluytens Chœur et Orchestre de l'Opéra-Comique |
CD: EMI mono Cat: CMS5 65318-2 LP: Naxos Historical Cat: 8.110238-39 |
| 1951 | Risë Stevens Jan Peerce Licia Albanese Robert Merrill |
Fritz Reiner RCA Victor orchestra |
LP: RCA Victrola Cat: AVM3-0670 CD: RCA Red Seal Cat: 88843041212 |
| 1951 | Suzanne Juyol Libera de Luca Janine Micheau Julien Giovannetti |
Albert Wolff Opéra-Comique orchestra and chorus |
CD: Preiser Cat: LP: Decca Cat: LXT2615-17 |
| 1952 | Risë Stevens Richard Tucker Nadine Conner Paolo Silveri |
Fritz Reiner Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus |
CD: Sony Classical Cat: 88697 96189 2 |
| 1952 | Vera Borisenko Georgii Nelepp Elizaveta Shumskaya Alexei Ivanov |
Vassili Nebolsin Bolshoi Theatre orchestra and chorus (sung in Russian) |
LP: MK Cat: DO1508-15 |
| 1954 | Kerstin Meyer Arne Hendriksen Elisabeth Söderström Sigurd Björling |
Sixten Ehrling Royal Swedish Opera orchestra and chorus (sung in Swedish) |
CD: Bluebell Cat: ABCD109 |
| Giulietta Simionato Nicolai Gedda Hilde Gueden Michel Roux |
Herbert von Karajan Wiener Symphoniker Singerverein |
CD: Andante Cat: AN3100 | |
| Risë Stevens Richard Tucker Victoria de los Ángeles Frank Guarrera |
Tibor Kozma Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus |
CD: Gala Cat: GL10063 | |
| 1955 | Giulietta Simionato Giuseppe Di Stefano Rosanna Carteri Michel Roux |
Herbert von Karajan Teatro alla Scala orchestra and chorus |
CD: Walhall Cat: WLCD0156 |
| 1956 | Risë Stevens Giuseppe Di Stefano Lucine Amara Robert Merrill |
Max Rudolf Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus |
CD: Golden Melodram Cat: 50070 |
| 1957 | Risë Stevens Mario Del Monaco Lucine Amara Frank Guarrera |
Dimitri Mitropoulos Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus |
CD: Living Stage Cat: LS1093 |
| 1959 | Victoria de los Ángeles Nicolai Gedda Janine Micheau Ernest Blanc |
Sir Thomas Beecham Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France |
CD: EMI Classics Cat: CMS567357 2 |
| Irina Arkhipova Mario Del Monaco Irina Maslennikova Pavel Lisitsian |
Alexander Melik-Pashayev Bolshoi Theatre orchestra and chorus (sung in Russian and Italian) |
CD: Myto Cat: MCD053311 | |
| Consuelo Rubio Léopold Simoneau Pierrette Alarie Heinz Rehfuss |
Pierre-Michel Le Conte Concerts de Paris orchestra and Paris Conservatoire chorus |
LP: Concert Hall Cat: | |
| 1960 | Sonia Cervená Rolf Apreck Maria Croonen Robert Lauhöfer |
Herbert Kegel Rundfunk Sinfonie Orchester (sung in German) |
CD: Classics Cat: 0300119BC |
| Irina Arkhipova Mario Del Monaco Marcella Pobbé Ernest Blanc |
Peter Maag Teatro di San Carlo orchestra and chorus |
CD: Gala Cat: GL100676 | |
| 1961 | Christa Ludwig Rudolf Schock Melitta Muszely Hermann Prey |
Horst Stein Berliner Symphoniker, chorus of Deutsche Oper Berlin (sung in German) |
CD: EMI Electrola Cat: 653 252 903-2 |
| 1962 | Oralia Dominguez Maria Stader Josef Metternich Josef Simandi |
Ferenc Fricsay Bavarian State Opera orchestra and chorus |
LP: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 136032 |
| 1963 | Regina Resnik Mario Del Monaco Joan Sutherland Tom Krause |
Thomas Schippers Orchestre de la Suisse Romande Grand Théâtre de Genève chorus |
LP: Decca Cat: /London |
| 1964 | Leontyne Price Franco Corelli Mirella Freni Robert Merrill |
Herbert von Karajan Vienna Philharmonic orchestra Vienna State Opera chorus |
LP: RCA Victor Red Seal LSC-6199 CD: RCA Victor Red Seal Cat: 7432139495 2 1965 Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording |
| 1964 | Maria Callas Nicolai Gedda Andréa Guiot Robert Massard |
Georges Prêtre Paris Opera orchestra and chorus |
CD: EMI Classics Cat: |
| 1970 | Grace Bumbry Jon Vickers Mirella Freni Kostas Paskalis |
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos Théâtre National de l'Opéra orchestra and chorus |
CD: EMI Classics Cat: 724358550528 |
| 1970 | Anna Moffo Franco Corelli Helen Donath Piero Cappuccilli |
Lorin Maazel Deutsche Oper Berlin orchestra and chorus |
CD: Sony Cat: 88697446202 |
| 1973 | Marilyn Horne James McCracken Adriana Maliponte Tom Krause |
Leonard Bernstein Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus |
CD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 0 28942 74402 8 SACD: PENTATONE Cat: PTC 5186216 |
| 1974 | Régine Crespin Gilbert Py Jeannette Pilou José van Dam |
Alain Lombard Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra Rhine Opera Chorus |
LP: RCA-Erato Cat: |
| 1975 | Tatiana Troyanos Plácido Domingo Kiri Te Kanawa José van Dam |
Sir Georg Solti London Philharmonic Orchestra John Alldis choir Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School choir |
CD: Decca Cat: 414 489-2 |
| 1977 | Teresa Berganza Plácido Domingo Ileana Cotrubaş Sherrill Milnes |
Claudio Abbado London Symphony Orchestra Ambrosian Singers |
CD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: |
| 1983 | Agnes Baltsa José Carreras Katia Ricciarelli José van Dam |
Herbert von Karajan Berliner Philharmoniker |
CD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: |
| 1984 | Julia Migenes-Johnson Plácido Domingo Faith Esham Ruggero Raimondi |
Lorin Maazel Orchestre National de France Radio France chorus (film directed by Francesco Rosi) |
CD: ERATO Cat: ECD 880373 |
| 1988 | Jessye Norman Neil Shicoff Mirella Freni Simon Estes |
Seiji Ozawa Orchestre National de France French National Radio Chorus |
CD: Decca Cat: 478 2488 |
| 1989 | Elena Obraztsova Vladimir Atlantov Margarita Miglau Yuri Mazurok |
Yuri Simonov Bolshoi Theatre orchestra and chorus (sung in Russian) |
CD: Melodiya Cat: MELCD1001516 |
| 1990 | Graciela Alperyn Giorgio Lamberti Doina Palade Alan Titus |
Alexander Rahbari Czechoslovak Radio Symphony orchestra Slovak Philharmonic chorus |
CD: Naxos Opera Classics Cat: 8660005-07 |
| 1994 | Béatrice Uria-Monzon Christian Papis Leontina Vaduva Vincent Le Texier |
Alain Lombard Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine |
CD: Auvidis Valois Cat: V 4734 |
| 1995 | Jennifer Larmore Thomas Moser Angela Gheorghiu Samuel Ramey |
Giuseppe Sinopoli Bayerische Staatsoper orchestra and chorus |
CD: Teldec Cat: 0630126722 |
| 2002 | Angela Gheorghiu Roberto Alagna Inva Mula Thomas Hampson |
Michel Plasson Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse |
CD: EMI Classics Cat: 07243 557434 2 8 |
| 2002 | Patricia Bardon Julian Gavin Mary Plazas Gary Magee |
David Parry Philharmonia Orchestra Geoffrey Mitchell Choir New London Children's Choir (Sung in English) |
CD: Chandos Cat: CHAN3091 |
| 2010 | Marina Domashenko Andrea Bocelli Eva Mei Bryn Terfel |
Myung-whun Chung Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France |
CD: Decca Cat:4757646 |
| 2012 | Magdalena Kožená Jonas Kaufmann Genia Kühmeier Kostas Smoriginas |
Simon Rattle Berlin Philharmonic Deutsche Oper Berlin Chorus Deutsche Staatsoper Children's Chorus |
CD: EMI Classics Cat: 50999 4 40285 2 7 |
Video recordings
| Year | Cast (Carmen, Don José, Micaëla, Escamillo) |
Conductor, Opera house and orchestra |
Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 | Belén Amparan Franco Corelli Elda Ribetti Anselmo Colzani |
Nino Sanzogno Italian Television orchestra and chorus (video directed by Franco Enriquez) |
DVD: Hardy Cat: HCD4013 |
| 1967 | Grace Bumbry Jon Vickers Mirella Freni Justino Díaz |
Herbert von Karajan Vienna Philharmonic orchestra Vienna State Opera chorus |
DVD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 00440 073 4032 |
| 1978 | Elena Obraztsova Plácido Domingo Isobel Buchanan Yuri Mazurok |
Carlos Kleiber Vienna State Opera orchestra and chorus |
DVD: TDK Cat: 8 24121 00097 4 |
| 1984 | Julia Migenes-Johnson Plácido Domingo Faith Esham Ruggero Raimondi |
Lorin Maazel Orchestre National de France and chorus Children's Chorus of Radio France (film directed by Francesco Rosi) |
DVD: Columbia TriStar Cat: CDR 10530 Blu-ray: Gaumont Cat: 750530 |
| 1985 | Maria Ewing Barry McCauley Marie McLaughlin David Holloway |
Bernard Haitink London Philharmonic Orchestra (recorded at Glyndebourne Festival Opera) |
DVD: Warner/NVC Arts Cat: 4509-99494-2 |
| 1987 | Agnes Baltsa José Carreras Leona Mitchell Samuel Ramey |
James Levine Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus (staged by Franco Zeffirelli, video director Brian Large) |
DVD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 00440 073 0009 |
| 2002 | Anne Sofie von Otter Marcus Haddock Lisa Milne Laurent Naouri |
Philippe Jordan London Philharmonic Orchestra (recorded at Glyndebourne Opera House) |
DVD: Opus Arte Cat: OA 0867 D |
| 2006 | Anna Caterina Antonacci Jonas Kaufmann Norah Amsellem Ildebrando D'Arcangelo |
Antonio Pappano Royal Opera House orchestra and chorus (directed by Francesca Zambello) |
DVD: Decca Cat: 074 3312 Blu-ray: Decca Cat: 3313 |
| 2009 | Anna Caterina Antonacci Andrew Richards Anne-Catherine Gillet Nicolas Cavallier |
John Eliot Gardiner Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique Monteverdi Choir, Maitrise des Hauts-de-Seine (directed by Adrian Noble) |
DVD: Fra Musica Cat: FRA004 |
| 2010 | Elīna Garanča Roberto Alagna Barbara Frittoli Teddy Tahu Rhodes |
Yannick Nézet-Séguin Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus (directed for the stage by Richard Eyre) |
DVD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 0044 073 4581 8 |
| 2010 | Stéphanie d'Oustrac Gordon Gietz Olga Pasichnyk Jean-Luc Ballestra |
Jean-Claude Casadesus Opéra de Lille orchestra and chorus (directed for the stage by Jean-François Sivadier) |
DVD: France Inter Cat: 597 501-9 |
| 2017 | Elīna Garanča Roberto Alagna Maria Agresta Ildar Abdrazakov |
Mark Elder Opéra national de Paris orchestra and chorus (Recorded live, Opéra Bastille; Calixto Bieito, stage director) |
HD video: medici.tv |
| 2018 | Anna Goryachova Francesco Meli Kristina Mkhitaryan Kostas Smoriginas |
Jakub Hrůša The Royal Opera orchestra and chorus (Recorded live, 6 March 2018; Barrie Kosky, production) |
HD video: Royal Opera Stream |
| 2024 | Aigul Akhmetshina Piotr Beczała Angel Blue Kyle Ketelsen |
Daniele Rustioni Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus (Recorded live, 27 January 2024; Carrie Cracknell, production) |
HD video: Met Opera on Demand |
References
Notes
- Recordings of Carmen on operadis-opera-discography.org.uk
- "Carmen. The first complete recording. Liner Notes by Harold Bruder". Marston Records. Archived from the original on 30 July 2013. Retrieved 29 July 2013.
- "Carmen. Opéra-Comique Version Recorded in 1911. Liner Notes by Robert Baxter". Marston Records. Archived from the original on 23 December 2014. Retrieved 29 July 2013.
- ^ Milnes R. Carmen. Opera on Record, ed Blyth. Hutchinson & Co, 1979, p478-9.
- ^ Gruber, pp. 48-59
- ^ "Bizet: Carmen". Presto Classical. Retrieved 30 March 2012.
- Due to the recording being switched from Paris to London and clashes of dates, about a third of the opera was recorded by the National Philharmonic Orchestra. Stuart, Philip. "Decca Classical, 1929-2009". Centre for the History and Analysis of Recorded Music, July 2009, accessed 28 August 2018.
- O'Connor, Patrick (August 2004). "Bizet: Carmen". The Gramophone. Archived from the original on 2012-09-04.
- "DVD review - Georges Bizet: Carmen - Karajan 1967". MusicWeb International (Christopher Howell). July 2005. Retrieved 2 March 2012.
- "DVD review - Georges Bizet: Carmen - Haitink". MusicWeb International (Arthur Baker). August 2006. Retrieved 2 March 2012.
- "DVD review - Georges Bizet: Carmen - Jordan". MusicWeb International (Tony Haywood). April 2003. Retrieved 2 March 2012.
- "DVD review - Georges Bizet: Carmen - Pappano". MusicWeb International (Simon Thompson). July 2009. Retrieved 2 March 2012.
- "DVD review - Georges Bizet: Carmen - Nézet-Séguin". MusicWeb International (Göran Forsling). October 2010. Retrieved 2 March 2012.
- Bizet's Carmen, Paris Opera, 2017, medici.tv.
- Carmen, Royal Opera, 2018, Royal Ballet & Opera Stream.
- Bizet's Carmen, Metropolitan Opera, 2024, Met Opera on Demand.
Sources
- Blyth, Alan, ed. Opera on Record. Hutchinson & Co., London. 1979.
- Gruber, Paul, ed. The Metropolitan Opera Guide to Recorded Opera. W. W. Norton & Company, New York and London: Thames and Hudson, 1993 ISBN 0-500-01599-6
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