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Carmen / Georges Bizet.

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For a generation of operagoers, there was only one Carmen: Risë Stevens. Her beguiling, smoky voice enticed listeners into Carmen's sensual world, where gypsies smuggled contraband, then danced with soldiers and flirted with matadors. Richard Tucker is Don José, the man Carmen ruins. This broad...

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Online Access: Streaming Audio (via Met Opera)
Corporate Author: Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) (Performer)
Other Authors: Bizet, Georges, 1838-1875 (Composer), Conner, Nadine (Performer), Stevens, Risë, 1913-2013 (Performer), Tucker, Richard, 1913-1975 (Performer), Silveri, Paolo (Performer), Reiner, Fritz, 1888-1963 (Conductor)
Format: Audio
Language:French
Published: [New York, New York] : [Metropolitan Opera], [1952]
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Operas.
Live sound recordings > New York (State) > New York.
Live sound recordings.
New York (State) > New York.
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Summary:For a generation of operagoers, there was only one Carmen: Risë Stevens. Her beguiling, smoky voice enticed listeners into Carmen's sensual world, where gypsies smuggled contraband, then danced with soldiers and flirted with matadors. Richard Tucker is Don José, the man Carmen ruins. This broadcast captures the excitement of the then-new production by the great theatrical director Tyron Guthrie. Conducted by the legendary Fritz Reiner.
Item Description:Duration: 2 hr., 30 min., 26 sec.
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 audio file (2 hr., 30 min., 26 sec.))
Playing Time:02:30:26
Participant or Performer:Nadine Conner ; Risë Stevens ; Richard Tucker ; Paolo Silveri ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Fritz Reiner, conductor.
Language:Sung in French.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Source of description: Vendor-supplied metadata.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:Recorded live in 1952 at the Metropolitan Opera, New York, New York.

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