| Description |
3 audio discs (2 hr., 40 min.) : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Playing Time |
023958 |
| Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. |
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plastic metal |
| Description |
digital |
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optical |
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stereo |
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1.4 m/s |
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audio file |
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CD audio |
| Note |
Opera in 4 acts; libretto by Ludovic Halévy and Henri Meilhac after the novel by Prosper Mérimée. |
| Performer |
Tatiana Troyanos (Carmen) ; Plácido Domingo (Don José) ; José van Dam (Escamillo) ; Kiri Te Kanawa (Micaëla) ; supporting soloists ; Boys' Chorus from Haberdashers' Aske's School, Elstree ; John Alldis Choir ; London Philharmonic Orchestra ; Sir Georg Solti, conductor. |
| Event |
Recorded 1975 July and December Henry Wood Hall, London. |
| Original Version |
Previously released: 1976. London OSA 13115. |
| Note |
Title from disc label. |
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Program notes by Winton Dean and Sir Georg Solti in English with French and German translations; synopsis in French, English, German and Italian; and libretto with English and German translations (278 pages : portraits) inserted in container. |
| Language |
Sung in French. |
| Subject |
Operas.
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Operas. |
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Operas -- Librettos.
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Operas -- Librettos. |
| Genre/Form |
Operas.
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Operas.
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Librettos.
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Librettos.
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Adaptations.
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Adaptations.
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Sound recordings.
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Sound recordings.
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| Added Author |
Meilhac, Henri, 1831-1897, librettist.
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Halévy, Ludovic, 1834-1908, librettist.
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Troyanos, Tatiana, singer.
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Te Kanawa, Kiri, singer.
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Domingo, Plácido, 1941- singer.
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Dam, José van, singer.
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Solti, Georg, 1912-1997, conductor, writer of added commentary.
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Dean, Winton, writer of added commentary.
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Opera adaptation of (work): Mérimée, Prosper, 1803-1870.
Carmen.
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Container of (work): Bizet, Georges, 1838-1875.
Carmen.
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Container of (work): Meilhac, Henri, 1831-1897.
Carmen.
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Container of (expression): Meilhac, Henri, 1831-1897.
Carmen. English.
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Container of (expression): Meilhac, Henri, 1831-1897.
Carmen. German.
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Haberdashers' Aske's School. Boys' Chorus, singer.
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John Alldis Choir, singer.
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London Philharmonic Orchestra, instrumentalist.
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| Standard No. |
028941448927 |
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2894144892 |
| Music No. |
414 489-2 London (set) |
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414 490-2 London (disc 1) |
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414 491-2 London (disc 2) |
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414 492-2 London (disc 3) |
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OSA 13115 London |
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