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Bizet: Carmen / Solti, Troyanos, Domingo, Van Dam, Te Kanawa


Release Date: 10/25/1990 
Label:  Decca   Catalog #: 414489   Spars Code: ADD 
Composer:  Georges Bizet
Performer:  Jane Berbié,  Placido Domingo,  Dame Kiri Te Kanawa,  José Van Dam,   ... 
Conductor:  Sir Georg Solti
Orchestra/Ensemble:  London Philharmonic Orchestra,  Haberdashers' Aske's School Boys Choir,  John Alldis Choir
Number of Discs: 3 
Recorded in: Stereo 
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"Solti's Decca performance is remarkable for its new illumination of characters. Tatiana Troyanos is one of the subtlest Carmens on record. Escamillo [José Van Dam] too is more readily sympathetic, not just the flashy matador who steals the hero's girl, whereas Don José [Placido Domingo] is revealed as weak rather than just a victim. Troyanos's singing is delicately seductive too, with no hint of vulgarity, while the others make up a consistent singing cast." -- The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs & DVDs [2003/4 edition] "Solti's Decca performance is remarkable for its new illumination of characters. Tatiana Troyanos is one of the subtlest Carmens on record. Escamillo [José Van Dam] too is more readily sympathetic, not just the flashy matador who steals the hero's girl, whereas Don José [Placido Domingo] is revealed as weak rather than just a victim. Troyanos's singing is delicately seductive too, with no hint of vulgarity, while the others make up a consistent singing cast." -- The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs & DVDs [2003/4 edition] Read less

Works on This Recording

1. Carmen by Georges Bizet
Performer:  Jane Berbié (Mezzo Soprano), Placido Domingo (Tenor), Dame Kiri Te Kanawa (Soprano),
José Van Dam (Tenor), Norma Burrowes (Soprano), Michel Roux (Baritone),
Michel Sénéchal (Tenor), Pierre Thau (Bass), Thomas Allen (Tenor),
Jacques Loreau (Baritone), Tatiana Troyanos (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor:  Sir Georg Solti
Orchestra/Ensemble:  London Philharmonic Orchestra,  Haberdashers' Aske's School Boys Choir,  John Alldis Choir
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1873-1874; France 
 Language: French 

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