| Description |
1 online resource (1 video file (1 hr., 23 min., 57 sec.)) : sound, color |
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012357 |
| Description |
digital |
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video file |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Performer |
Marina Krilovici, soprano ; Huguette Tourangeau, mezzo-soprano ; Placido Domingo, tenor ; Tom Krause, baritone ; the Hamburg State Opera Chorus, Günther Schmidt-Bohlander, chorus master ; Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra ; Alain Lombard, conductor ; Orchestre du Théâtre national de l'Opéra de Paris ; Georges Prêtre, conductor. |
| Credits |
Regina Resnik, stage director. |
| Summary |
In 1875, Georges Bizet presented what was to become the most popular opera of all times at the Opera-Comique in Paris. As it is often the case with revolutionary pieces, the premiere of Carmen was a failure. Ten years had to pass for the Habanera or the Toreador Song to become opera hits, after the opera was presented all over the world and came back to France. Tragically, Bizet died three months after the disappointing premiere, convinced that Carmen will never gain the success it deserves. What fascinates in Carmen is her seduction power over men. The physical freedom of the beautiful gypsy women causes Don Jose's moral downfall and will lead to her death. Regina Resnik, the great mezzo-soprano, who embodied a legendary Carmen is now taking the part of stage director for a production at the Hamburg State Opera. Christopher Nupen filmed every step of the preparation leading to the premiere of a key version of the opera. A young Plácido Domingo performs one of his signature-role¡: Don José, which he will also enact in Francesco Rosi's 1984 screen adaptation. |
| Language |
Commentary in English; vocal selections sung in French. |
| Subject |
Bizet, Georges, 1838-1875. Carmen.
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Music -- Performance.
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Music -- Performance. |
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Opera.
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Opera. |
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Carmen (Bizet, Georges) |
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Internet videos.
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Internet videos.
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Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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| Added Author |
Nupen, Christopher, film director.
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Resnik, Regina, 1922-2013, stage director.
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Krilovici, Marina, singer.
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Tourangeau, Huguette, singer.
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Domingo, Plácido, 1941- singer.
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Krause, Tom, singer.
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Schmidt-Bohländer, Günther, musical director.
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Lombard, Alain, conductor.
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Prêtre, Georges, conductor.
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Container of (work): Bizet, Georges, 1838-1875.
Carmen.
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Swannsway Productions Ltd., production company.
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Hamburgische Staatsoper, performer.
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Opéra de Paris. Orchestre, instrumentalist.
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