Metropolitan Opera 39 Historic Performances from Carmen (2 CDs)

Zeile du Lussan (Performer), Frances Alda (Performer), Enrico Caruso (Performer), Olive Fremstad (Performer), Emma Clave (Performer), Lucine Amara (Performer), Rise Stevens (Performer), Hugh Thompson (Performer), Marilyn Horne (Performer), James McCracken (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD
• Label: MET
• ASIN: B000P6ECEE
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Editorial Reviews

Habanera (Zelie de Lussan, 1903) (3:06) -- Parle-moi de ma mere (Frances Alda, Enrico Caruso, 1914) (4:45) -- Seguidilla (Olive Fremstad, 1911) (2:08) -- Gypsy song (Emma Calve, 1908) (3:07) -- Toreador song (Pol Plancon, 1902) (2:18) -- Halte la! ; Flower song ; La-bas dans la montagne (Geraldine Farrar, Giovanni Martinelli, 1914/15) (14:50) -- Card aria (Maria Gay, 1911) (2:31) -- Habanera (Jennie Tourel, 1952) (3:44) -- Seguidilla & duet (Gladys Swarthout, Ramon Vinay, 1946) (3:57) -- Toreador song (Robert Merrill et al., 1946) (4:15) -- Quintet (Swarthout, Thelma Votipka, Lucielle Browning, Anthony Amato, George Cehanovsky, 1946) (4:45) -- Card aria (Bruna Castagna, 1938) (3:19) -- Micaela's aria (Eleanor Steber, 1948) (4:45) -- Final duet (Rise Stevens, Raoul Jobin, 1946) (7:52) -- Opening scene (Licia Albanese, Hugh Thompson, 1951) (5:50) -- Flower song (Richard Tucker, 1953) (3:52) -- Quant au douanier, c'est notre affaire! (Stevens, Paula Lenchner, Margaret Roggero, Alessio de Paolis, Cehanovsky, 1951) (3:01) -- Micaela's aria (Lucine Amara, 1956) (4:20) -- Habanera (Regine Crespin, 1971) (4:50) -- Seguidilla & duet (Regina Resnik, Mario del Monaco, 1962) (3:43) --Je vais danser en votre honneur (Marilyn Horne, James McCracken, 1972) (5:58) -- Flower song (Nicolai Gedda, 1959) (4:44) -- Card aria (Grace Bumbry, 1969) (3:38) -- Micaela's aria (Mirella Freni, 1967) (5:54) -- Je suis Escamillo! (Placido Domingo, Jose van Dam, 1975) (5:30) -- Act III finale (Horne, Adriana Maliponte, McCracken, Tom Krause, et al., 1972) (8:18).