Georges BIZET

 

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Carmen

Djamileh

Ivan IV

La Jolie fille de Perth

Noé

Les Pêcheurs de perles

 

Carmen

EMI, 1958

Erato, 1975

DG, 1977

New York, 18 January 2003

Orange, 31 July 2004

Seoul, 08 September 2004

    

* EMI, 1958           camera_2.gif

Recording location : Paris, Salle Wagram

Recording date : June, 1958

  

Victoria de Los Angeles

Nicolai Gedda

Ernest Blanc

Janine Micheau

Denise Monteil

Marcelle Croisier / Monique Linval*

Xavier Depraz

Bernard Plantey

Jean-Christophe Benoît

Michel Hamel

– Carmen

– Don José

– Escamillo

– Micaëla

– Frasquita

– Mercédès

– Zuniga

– Moralès

– Dancaïre

– Remendado

 

Maîtrise et Chœurs de la Radiodiffusion Française, Petits Chanteurs de Versailles

Orchestre national de la Radiodiffusion Française

conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham

(*) Marcelle Croisier died during recording sessions

 

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* Erato, 1975

Recording location : unknown

Recording date : © 1975

  

Régine Crespin

Gilbert Py

José van Dam

Jeannette Pilou

Maria Rosa Carminati

Nadine Denize

Pierre Thau

Paul Guigue

Jacques Trigeau

Rémy Corazza

– Carmen

– Don José

– Escamillo

– Micaëla

– Frasquita

– Mercédès

– Zuniga

– Moralès

– Dancaïre

– Remendado

 

Chœurs de l'Opéra du Rhin

Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg

conducted by Alain Lombard

 

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* DG, 1977           camera_2.gif

Recording location : Edinburgh, George Watson's College and London, St. John's Church

Recording date : August and September 1977

  

Teresa Berganza

Plácido Domingo

Sherrill Milnes

Ileana Cotrubas

Yvonne Kenny

Alicia Nafé

Robert Lloyd

Stuart Harling

Gordon Sandison

Geoffrey Pogson

Jean Lainé

Shirley Minty

Leslie Fyson

George Main

– Carmen

– Don José

– Escamillo

– Micaëla

– Frasquita

– Mercédès

– Zuniga

– Moralès

– Dancaïre

– Remendado

– Andrès

– Une marchande

– Un Bohémien

– Lillas Pastia

 

The Ambrosian Singers, Georges Watson's College Boys' Chorus

London Symphony Orchestra

conducted by Claudio Abbado

 

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* New York, Met

Performance : Saturday, 18 January 2003

Broadcast : France Musiques, live

 

Denyce Graves

Neil Shicoff

Ludovic Tézier

Mary Dunleavy

Laura Knoop Very

Jossie Pérez

Jeffrey Wells

Kamel Boutros

Kim Josephson

Tony Stevenson

– Carmen

– Don José

– Escamillo

– Micaëla

– Frasquita

– Mercédès

– Zuniga

– Moralès

– Dancaïre

– Remendado

 

The Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Children Chorus and Orchestra

conducted by Yves Abel

 

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* Orange, Théâtre Antique

Performances : Saturday, 31 July and Tuesday 03 August 2004

Broadcast : France Musiques, Saturday 07 August 2004

 

Béatrice Uria-Monzon

Roberto Alagna

Ludovic Tézier

Norah Amsellem

Catherine Dune

Karine Deshayes

Nicolas Cavallier

Didier Henry

Olivier Grand

Gilles Ragon

Jean-Philippe Corre

– Carmen

– Don José

– Escamillo

– Micaëla

– Frasquita

– Mercédès

– Zuniga

– Moralès

– Dancaïre

– Remendado

– Lillas Pastia

 

Chœurs des Opéras de Région, Ensemble Vocal des Chorégies

Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France

conducted by Myung-Whun Chung

 

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* Seoul, Sejong Arts Center

Performances : Wednesday 08 September 2004

Broadcast : France Musiques, Saturday 25 September 2004

 

Mihoko Fujimura

Yi Kun Chung

Dong Won Kim

Eun Joo Kim

– Carmen

– Don José

– Escamillo

– Micaëla

 

Fujiwara Opera Chorus Group, Korean National Opera Chorus, Seoul BBC Children Chorus

Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France

conducted by Myung-Whun Chung

 

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Djamileh

* RCA, 1998           camera_2.gif

Recording location : Alfortville, Maison de l'Orchestre National d'Île de France

Recording date : October 1998

  

Marie-Ange Todorovitch

Jean-Luc Maurette

François Le Roux

Jean-Louis Grinfeld

– Djamileh

– Haroun

– Splendiano

– Le marchand d'esclaves

 

Chœur Régional Vittoria d'Île de France

Orchestre national d'Île de France

conducted by Jacques Mercier

 

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Ivan IV

Montpellier, 01 August 1991

naïve, 2002

 

* Montpellier, Opéra Berlioz - Le Corum

Concert performance : Thursday, 01 August 1991

  

Philippe Rouillon

Michèle Lagrange

Daniel Galvez-Vallejo

Jean-Marc Loisel

Anne-Sophie Schmidt

Lionel Sarrazin

Marie-Pierre Stobinsky

– Ivan IV

– Marie

– Igor

– Temrouk

– Un jeune Bulgare

– Yorloff

– Olga

 

Orchestre philharmonique de Montpellier

conducted by Howard Williams

 

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* naïve, 2002            camera.gif

Recording location : Paris, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées

Recording date : Thursday 28 March 2002, live

  

Ludovic Tézier

Inva Mula

Julian Gavin

Paul Gay

Henriette Bonde-Hansen

Alexander Vassiliev

Sonia Nigoghossian

Franck Bard

Richard Tronc

Mario Castagnetti

Pascal Aubert

– Ivan IV

– Marie

– Igor

– Temrouk

– Un jeune Bulgare

– Yorloff

– Olga

– L'officier

– La Sentinelle

– Le Tcherkesse

– Le Héraut

 

Chœur de Radio France

Orchestre national de France

conducted by Michael Schønwandt

 

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La Jolie fille de Perth (The Fair Maid of Perth)

* EMI, 1985           camera_2.gif

Recording location : Paris, Salle Wagram

Recording date : 01-08 March 1985

  

June Anderson

Alfredo Kraus

Gino Quilico

José van Dam

Margarita Zimmermann

Gabriel Bacquier

Daniel Ottevaere

Philippe Duminy

Christian Jean

– Catherine Glover

– Henry Smith

– Le Duc de Rothsay

– Ralph

– Mab

– Simon Glover

– Un majordome

– Un ouvrier

– Un seigneur

 

Chœur de Radio France

Nouvel Orchestre philharmonique

conducted by Georges Prêtre

 

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Noé

* Compiègne, Théâtre Impérial

Performance : Sunday 10 October 2004

Broadcast : France Musiques, Saturday 23 October 2004

  

Jean-Philippe Courtis

Anne-Sophie Schmidt

Philippe Do

Céline Victores-Benavente

Karen Vourc'h

Mathias Vidal

Matthieu Lécroart

Paul Médioni

– Noé

– Saraï

– Ituriel

– Japhet

– Ebba

– Sem

– Cham

– Eliacin

 

Chœur Cori Spezzati

Orchestre français Albéric Magnard

conducted by Emmanuel Calef

 

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Les Pêcheurs de perles (The Pearl Fishers)

Belcanto, 1963

EMI, 1989

 

* Belcanto, 1963           camera_2.gif

Recording location : Amsterdam, Het Concertgebouw, Grote Zaal

Recording date : 1963, live

  

Erna Spoorenberg

Alain Vanzo

Jan Joris

Guus Hoekman

– Leïla

– Nadir

– Zurga

– Nourabad

 

Radio Filharmonisch Orkest en Koor

conducted by Jean Fournet

 

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* EMI, 1989           camera_2.gif

Recording location : Toulouse, Halle aux Grains

Recording date : Sunday 29 January - Monday 06 February 1989

 

Barbara Hendricks

John Aler

Gino Quilico

Jean-Philippe Courtis

– Leïla

– Nadir

– Zurga

– Nourabad

 

Chœurs et Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse

conducted by Michel Plasson

 

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