Paperback Opera - Bizet: Carmen / Dervaux, Madeira, Filacuridi, Roux, Geay, et al

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Album Summary

Performers

• Irène Sicot (Voice)
• Robert Geay (Bass)
• Jean-Christophe Benoit (Baritone)
• Daniel Marty (Baritone)
• Vivette Barthelemy (Soprano)
• Jean Madeira (Mezzo Soprano)
• Nicola Filacuridi (Tenor)
• Michel Roux (Bass Baritone)
• Janette Vivalda (Soprano)
• Michel Hamel (Tenor)

Conductor

• Dervaux, Pierre

Ensemble

• Pasdeloup Concert Association Orchestra

Composer

• Georges Bizet (1838 - 1875)

Notes & Reviews:

This Carmen continues the Preiser paperback series: no libretto and scant notes, but great historic performances at a budget price. Jean Madeira, the Carmen of this recording, first sang the role in 1956 at the Met and went on to perform it no less than 200 times at various opera houses all over the world. A coal-miner's daughter, Illinois-born Madeira first studied piano, but switched to voice and went on to study at Juilliard, becoming a member of the Met shortly after her graduation. Her interpretation of Carmen is widely hailed as outstanding. Ms. Madeira died in 1972.

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Bizet, Georges : Carmen, opera

• Performers: Irène Sicot (Voice); Robert Geay (Bass); Jean-Christophe Benoit (Baritone); Daniel Marty (Baritone); Vivette Barthelemy (Soprano); Jean Madeira (Mezzo Soprano); Nicola Filacuridi (Tenor); Michel Roux (Bass Baritone); Janette Vivalda (Soprano); Michel Hamel (Tenor)
• Conductor: Pierre Dervaux
• Ensemble: Pasdeloup Concert Association Orchestra
• Running Time: 117 min. 15 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1873-1874
• Studio/Live: Live