Bizet: Carmen [Highlights]

José van Dam (Performer), Georges Bizet (Composer), Georg Solti (Conductor), Shirley Verrett (Performer), Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra (Orchestra), Kiri Te Kanawa (Performer), Plácido Domingo (Performer), Anne Pashley (Performer), John Dobson (Performer), Richard Allen (Performer), Richard van Allan (Performer), Robert Lancaster (Performer), Teresa Cahill (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: José van Dam, Shirley Verrett, Kiri Te Kanawa, Plácido Domingo, Anne Pashley, et al.
• Orchestra: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra
• Conductor: Georg Solti
• Composer: Georges Bizet
• Audio CD (June 6, 2000)
• Label: Gala
• ASIN: B000001XMT
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #348,120 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #84 in Music > Classical > Opera & Vocal > Divas > Te Kanawa, Kiri

Track Listings

1. Carmen, opera: But we can't see Carmencita

2. Carmen, opera: When I'll Love You ?...Love is a Rebellious Bird

3. Carmen, opera: Tell me about my mother !

4. Carmen, opera: Your mother was coming out of the chapel with me

5. Carmen, opera: I see my mother...

6. Carmen, opera: Then tell her that her son loves her and venerates her

7. Carmen, opera: Near to the ramparts of Seville

8. Carmen, opera: The lieutenant !...Attention

9. Carmen, opera: The sistrum bars jangled

10. Carmen, opera: I can return your toast

11. Carmen, opera: I'm going to dance in your honour

12. Carmen, opera: The flower that you threw me

13. Carmen, opera: No, you do not love me !

14. Carmen, opera: Hey there, Carmen ! Hey there !

15. Carmen, opera: Come with us across the countryside

16. Carmen, opera: Diamonds, spades...death !

17. Carmen, opera: Speak, speak again, my beauties

18. Carmen, opera: I tell myself that nothing daunts me

19. Carmen, opera: So it's you ? Yes me

Customer Reviews

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Golden Age Singing, February 20, 2001

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William S. Levison (Valdosta, GA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bizet: Carmen [Highlights] (Audio CD)

In very good live-performance sound, this generous (74 minutes) selection of highlights boasts the finest Carmen cast and conductor I have ever heard in one production. Verrett's is the only performance not duplicated on a commercial set, and she is spectacular--as close to the perfect "Carmen voice" as any I have experienced. Te Kanawa's gorgeous sound is likewise unmatchable, even on her complete recording with the same conductor. Van Dam is perfection, and Domingo even better than one has come to expect. A word about the excerpts: they include all of the big "numbers," as well as enough ensemble work to allow one to fully appreciate the conducting of the great Sir Georg. Considering the modest cost, this disc is unbeatable.

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A GREAT PERFORMANCE, October 28, 1999

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Rafael (Madrid, Spain) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bizet: Carmen [Highlights] (Audio CD)

Verrett is the best Carmen imaginable, Domingo the best Don José, Kiri the best Micaela and Solti it's a grand conductor. The ideal Carmen.