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Carmen
- Title
- Carmen [videorecording] / The Metropolitan Opera ; music by Georges Bizet ; libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halevy ; video director, Brian Large ; stage production, Paul Mills.
- Publication
- Hamburg : Deutsche Grammophon Video, [1988]
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- Description
- 2 videodiscs (172 min.) : sd. (stereo.), col.; 12 in.
- Summary
- In 19th century Seville, Carmen seduces a naive Army corporal, Don Jose, who abandons his career, his fiancee, and his dying mother for Carmen.
- Subject
- Note
- Based on the story by Prosper Mérimée.
- Program notes and synopsis in English and French (13 p. : ill.) inserted in container.
- Credits (note)
- Set and costume design, John Bury ; chorus choreographer, Elizabeth Keen ; act II choreographer, Maria Benitez.
- Event (note)
- Produced at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York, Feb. 1987.
- System Details (note)
- Laserdisc, extended play (CLV).
- Language (note)
- Sung in French with English subtitles.
- Call Number
- *LVD 267 (F)
- OCLC
- 42507617
- Title
- Carmen [videorecording] / The Metropolitan Opera ; music by Georges Bizet ; libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halevy ; video director, Brian Large ; stage production, Paul Mills.
- Imprint
- Hamburg : Deutsche Grammophon Video, [1988]
- Performer
- Agnes Baltsa (Carmen) ; Leona Mitchell (Micaëla) ; Jose Carreras (Don José) ; Samuel Ramey (Escamillo) ; assisting singers ; Metropolitan Chorus, Orchestra and Ballet ; James Levine, conductor.
- Credits
- Set and costume design, John Bury ; chorus choreographer, Elizabeth Keen ; act II choreographer, Maria Benitez.
- System Details
- Laserdisc, extended play (CLV).
- Event
- Produced at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York, Feb. 1987.
- Language
- Sung in French with English subtitles.
- Added Author
- Large, Brian.Mérimée, Prosper, 1803-1870. Carmen. Spanish.Meilhac, Henri, 1831-1897.Halévy, Ludovic, 1834-1908.Bizet, Georges, 1838-1875. Carmen.Baltsa, Agnes.Mitchell, Leona.Carreras, José.Ramey, Samuel.Levine, James, 1943-2021.Mills, Paul, 1946-Deutsche Grammophon Video.Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.).
- Publisher No.
- 072 509-1 Deutsche Grammophon
- Research Call Number
- *LVD 267 (F) Progam notes and synopsis on file.