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Bizet: Carmen

Nadia Krasteva, Aleksandrs Antonenko, Sebastian Holecek, Asa Elmgren, Violetta Kowal, Stephanie Atanasow, Janusz Monarcha, Directed for Stage by Gianfranco De Bosio
Chorus & Orchestra of the National Theatre Brno
Ernst Märzendorfer

Bizet’s passionate tale of the self-willed gypsy woman Carmen is certainly one of the most popular works in the history of opera. It shows how a cigar factory worker in Seville enchants and bewitches the men around her. Melodies like Carmen’s legendary “Habanera”or Escamillo’s “Toreador March” are well known tunes all over the world.
The Opéra Comique in Paris commissioned George Bizet to write Carmen in 1872 and Bizet’s music portrays the characters with care and reveals itself to both the most naïve and the most sophisticated listener.
The wild-romantic Roman quarry of St. Margarethen provided the perfect backdrop for this live recording of one of the key works of the so-called ‘Hispanismo’-style.
The DVD captures a summer’s evening in 2005 when thousands of spectators gathered at one of Europe’s most important open-air festivals, visited by 220.000 opera lovers annually.
This exciting production, which brought horses, pyrotechnical special effects and more than 400 participants onto the stage, was filmed using brand new video and audio recording technology.

Repertoire

Georges Bizet: Carmen

Facts DVD

Item number
2054528
UPC number
880242545282
Region code
0
Picture format
PAL 16:9
Sound format
PCM Stereo
Dolby Digital 5.1
dts 5.1
Release
Total running time
165 mins
Subtitles
English, French, German
Booklet notes
English, German
No. of discs
1
Recording
2005