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Jonas Kaufmann, Anna Caterina Antonacci, Ildebrando D'Arcangelo, Norah Amsellem, Jacques Imbrailo, Matthew Rose, Elena Xanthoudakis, Viktoria Vizin, Caroline Lena Olsson, Jean Sebastien Bou & Jean-Paul Fouchecourt The Orchestra & Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Antonio Pappano (conductor) & Francesca Zambello (stage director) The New Production from The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Filmed in HD “Two dazzling stars” (Daily Telegraph) "Physical and sexy" (Evening Standard) Kaufmann and Antonacci are that rare breed: superb singers who can also act with subtlety and passion (The Guardian) With Anna Caterina Antonacci and Jonas Kaufmann bringing rare erotic intensity to the drama of Carmen and Don Jose, this new Royal Opera production is a darkly passionate reading of one of the world's favourite operas. Under the baton of Music Director Antonio Pappano, Bizet's irresistible score drives the tragedy forward - powering a landmark staging of a musical masterpiece. Jonas Kaufmann smoulders as Don Jose in this acclaimed production recorded at the Royal Opera House, London in 2007. “…traditionalists can relax with the Royal Opera's Raymond Gubbay-style, grand-opera Carmen. Antonio Pappano…steers the music with panachet… The production has a star in Jonas Kaufmann's José, a dangerous, lived-in interpretation of the part, sung and acted with a rare ability... Antonacci's Carmen works hard - she's stylish and genuinely sexy... Norah Amsellem's Micaëla is well vocalised and presented but never quite breaks through into a complete character.” Gramophone Magazine, October 2008 | 
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| |  | | | Le jeune homme et la mort The Young Man and Death | Bizet: | Carmen Choreography: Roland Petit |
Marie-Agnès Gillot, Clairemarie Osta & Nicolas Le Riche Paul Connelly Filmed at Opéra national de Paris, Palais Garnier, 2005 “Le Riche’s dancing is like a powerful outburst of despair.” (www.ballet.co.uk) | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Giuletta Simionato, Nicolai Gedda, Hilde Gueden, Michel Roux, Graziella Sciutti Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfeunde in Wien, Wiener Symphoniker, Herbert von Karajan Recorded 1954 | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Georgine von Milinkovic (Carmen); Elisabeth Grümmer (Micaela); Rudlof Schock (Don José); James Pease (Escamillo); Hanna Scholl (Frasquita); Hanna Kitzinger (Mercédes) Bavaria Radio Orchestra, Eugen Jochum Munich 1954, sung in German | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Patricia Bardon, Julian Gavin, Garry Magee, Mary Plazas Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, New London Children's Choir, Philharmonia Orchestra, David Parry Sung in English | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Agnes Baltsa, José Carreras, Samuel Ramey, Leona Mitchell Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Chorus & Ballet, James Levine | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Hans Voschezang, Lisa Milne, Marcus Haddock, Jonathan Best, Sofie von Otter, Mary Hegarty, Christine Rice, Anthony Wise, Laurent Naouri, Quentin Hayes, Colin Judson & Franck Lopez The Glyndebourne Chorus & London Philharmonic Orchestra, Philippe Jordan (conductor) & David McVicar (stage director) David McVicar’s exhilarating production, with Sofie von Otter in the title role, restores the Opera Comique to Bizet’s masterpiece. Philippe Jordan, in his Glyndebourne debut, conducts the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the Glyndebourne Chorus and a cast which includes Marcus Haddock, Laurent Naouri and Lisa Milne. ‘Under the shrewd direction of McVicar, Anne Sofie von Otter gave us a gypsy of mercurial temperament, a tease, a dangerous flirt, and a woman intensely conscious of her sexual magnetism and of her public notoriety.’ Daily Telegraph ‘Violent, passionate, superbly played…Glyndebourne’s Carmen is simply gripping’ The Sunday Times Note: This Blu-ray Disc (BD) is not compatible with standard DVD players |
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Jean Madeira, Janette Vivalda, Nicolas Filacuridi &Michel Roux Pierre Dervaux Recorded 1957 by Pathé-Marconi at the Aix-en-Provence Festival. “Admirable from the start, Jean Madeira´s voice was not that of a singer only, but of a personality…We have for a long time waited without much hope for a Carmen; here she is.” Le Monde |
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Christa Ludwig (Carmen), James King (Don José), Eberhard Waechter (Escamillo), Jeanette Pilou (Macaëla), Lucia Popp (Frasquita), Margarita Lilova (Mercédès), Oskar Czerwenka (Zuniga), Reid Bunger (Moralès), Murray Dickie (Remendado) & Erich Kunz (Dancaïre) Lorin Maazel Christa Ludwig as Carmen was neither man-eating monster nor
demonic femme fatale but a self-assured woman whose erotic
charm stemmed from her lack of scruples and refusal to
compromise. From her very first entry to the tension-laden final scene, Christa Ludwig pulled out all the
stops, turning in a performance that still radiates an undiminished power, helping her to chalk up an enormous
personal success with Viennese audiences.The conductor was the young Lorin Maazel, who in turn gave
Christa Ludwig the part of Fidelio at the Deutsche Oper in Berlin only a few months later and thence to a
musical partnership that lasted several decades. James King. a convincing, impassioned Don José diverges from
the Heldentenor roles with which he was normally associated.The Italian soprano Jeanette Pilou sang the part
of Micaëla, demonstrating that it was not just her name that made her so suited to the French repertory. It is
fascinating to note the young Lucia Popp in the small role of Frasquita, and who better to sing the part of the
predatory, Escamillo than Eberhard Waechter at the very peak of his powers… “There are too many peripheral drawbacks to make [this recording] a first-choice recommendation for the work itself: grand-manner conducting from Lorin Maazel; an irritatingly girlie Micaela from Jeanette Pilou; and an Escamillo (Eberhard Waechter) who is both past his best and hopelessly miscast. Ludwig, however, is mesmerising as Carmen, and years ahead of her time in presenting Bizet's heroine as a self-assured, assertive woman, determined to maintain her sexual integrity in a predatory male world. Her Don José is James King. His singing is big, beefy and sometimes raw - but the man's allure is there in spades. Flawed, yet absolutely unforgettable.” The Guardian, 9th May 2008 **** “The mono sound is adequate… at the centre a pair of great singers, Ludwig and King, inhabiting their roles, aided by the dynamic leadership provided by Maazel: a heady dose of nostalgia.” Gramophone Magazine, July 2008 | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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Del Monaco, Stevens, Amara & Guarrera MET Opera Orchestra and Chorus, Dmitri Mitropoulos Recorded in at the MET, 1957 | | | Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days. |
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