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Bizet: Carmen (complete opera) with Maria Callas, Nicolai Gedda, Georges Pretre, Paris Opera Orchestra | 
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| Artists: Georges Bizet, Maria Callas, Nicolai Gedda, Georges Pretre, Orchestre De Theatre National De L'opera De Paris, Choeurs Rene Duclos, Robert Massard, Jane Berbie, Andrea Guiot, Claude Cales
Label: EMI Classics
Category: Music
List Price: $32.98
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Rating:  57 reviews
Sales Rank: 9763
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 5.7 x 5 x 1.2
MPN: 56281
UPC: 724355628121
EAN: 0724355628121
ASIN: B000002RXS
Release Date: August 19, 1997
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | No. 1, Prelude | | • | Act I, No. 2, "Sur la place, chacun passe" (Soldats) | | • | Act I, No. 3, "Avec la garde montante" (Chorus des Gamins) | | • | Act I, No. 4a, "La Cloche a sonne, nous des ouvrieres" (Jeunes Gens) | | • | Act I, No. 4b, "La voila! Voila la Carmencita!" (Tous) | | • | Act I, No. 5, "L'amour est un oiseau rebelle" (Habanera) (Carmen w/Chorus) | | • | Act I, No. 6, "Carmen! sur tes pas" (Les Jeunes Gens) | | • | Act I, No. 7, "Parle-moi de ma mere!" (Don Jose) | | • | Act I, No. 8, "Au secours!" (Chorus) | | • | Act I, No. 9, "Voyons, brigadier" | | • | Act I, No. 10a, "Pres des remparts de Seville" (Seguidilla) (Carmen) | | • | Act I, No. 10b, "Voice l'orde" (Zuniga) | | • | Act II, No. 11a, "Entr'acte" | | • | Act II, No. 11b, "Les tringles des sistres tintaient" (Gypsy Song) (Carmen) | | • | Act II, No. 11c, "Dans bohemienne" | | • | Act II, No. 11d, "Vous avez quelque chose" | | • | Act II, No. 12a, "Vivat, vivat le torero!" (Chorus) | | • | Act II, No. 12b, "Votre toast... je peux vous le rendre" (Toreador's Song) (Escamillo) | | • | Act II, No. 13, "Nous avons en tete une affaire!" (Dancaire) | | • | Act II, No. 14, "Halte-la! Qui va la?" (Don Jose) | | • | Act II, No. 15a, "Je vais danser en votre honneur" (Carmen) |
Disc 2
| • | Act II, No. 15b, "Au quartier! pour l'appel" (Carmen) | | • | Act II, No. 15c, "La fleur que tu ma'vais jetee" (Flower Song) (Don Jose) | | • | Act II, No. 15d, "Non! tu ne ma'aimes pas!" (Carmen) | | • | Act II, No. 16, "Hola! Carmen!" (Zuniga) | | • | Act III, No. 17a, "Entr'acte" | | • | Act III, No. 17b, "Ecoute, compagnon, ecoute" (Les Contrebandiers) | | • | Act III, No. 17c, "Notre metier est bon" (Les Six) | | • | Act III, No. 18a, "Melons! Coupons!" (Card Scene) (Mercedes, Frasquita) | | • | Act III, No. 18b, "Voyons, que f'essaie a mon tour" | | • | Act III, No. 18c, "En vain, pour eviter les reponses ameres" (Carmen) | | • | Act III, No. 19, "Quant au douanier c'est notre affaire" (Carmen, Mercedes, Frasquita et Femmes) | | • | Act III, No. 20, "Je dis que rien ne m'epouvante" (Micaela's Aria) | | • | Act III, No. 21, "Je suis Escamillo" (Escamillo) | | • | Act IV, No. 22a, "Entr'acte" | | • | Act IV, No. 22b, "A deux cuartos!" (Chorus) | | • | Act IV, No. 23, "Les voici, noici la quandrille" (Chorus) | | • | Act IV, No. 24, "Si tu m'aimes, Carmen" (Escamillo) | | • | Act IV, No. 25, "C'est toi!", Final Duet (Carmen, Don Jose) |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com essential recording
This recording was made near the end of Maria Callas's career. It is a role she never sang onstage, but it suited her almost perfectly, and she gives a deep, compelling performance on this recording. The mezzo-soprano tessitura was comfortable for her voice, and the role did not call for a pretty sound. Nor did the recording studio require the kind of huge vocal power expected in an opera house. And furthermore, the character of a strong-willed, capricious, sexually compelling woman who thinks exclusively of herself was close to the offstage personality that made Callas so famous. --Joe McLellan
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| Customer Reviews:
 Excellent July 12, 2008
J. Corona (Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico)
I was looking for this play quite long ago, and finally I found it right at Amazon.
Callas is fabuous April 29, 2008
F. Casselman (Boston, MA)
I bought this on recommendation of a friend as I prepared to sing Carmen in a chorus, so I have listened to it perhaps 20 times. I never get tired of Callas. Some of the other reviewers said she was past her prime. Maybe that's true for pure vocal quality, but her feel for the role is outstanding and, though this is just audio, you can see her sneer, watch her flirt, and chuckle with her intonation. The chorus isn't great, but mine will be better.
Maria Callas Carmen CD February 23, 2008
Fred C. Dobbs (Beaverton, OR USA)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
I am 100% pleased with this product. The shipment was fast, and the product was exactly what I had hoped for. I would give this vendor the highest possible rating and my strongest recommendation.
K.Teezy July 10, 2007
Kourtney Thompson (Detroit, Michigan United States)
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
Received the product in a very timely manner....I've enjoyed listening to the CD on the way into work. It helps me relax.
Bizet: Carmen (Callas, Gedda, et al) January 9, 2007
Daniel Tedesco
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
Of the many recordings of Carmen that I've owned, this is the best. Callas has the perfect voice for it.
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