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Georges Bizet, Carmen

Overture - Act I

I: Introduction: "Sur la place chacun passe"

I: "Regardez donc cette petite" (Moralès, Soldiers, Micaëla)

I: "Avec la garde montante" (Urchins)

I: "Repos!" (Zuniga, Moralès, Don José)

I: "Allons! Allons!" (Zuniga, Urchins)

Georges Bizet, Carmen

I: "La cloche a sonné (Soldiers, Young men, Cigarette factory Girls)

I: "Quand je vous aimerai?" - "L'amour est un oiseau rebelle" (Habanera) (Carmen, Chorus)

I: "Carmen, sur tes pas, nous nous pressons tous (Young Men, Cigarette factory Girls, Don José)

I: Duet: "Quels regards... Parle-moi de ma mère!"

I: "Monsieur le brigadier? - Parle-moi de ma mère!" (Micaëla, Don José / Don José, Micaëla)

I : "Reste là, maintenant, pendant que je lirai"

I: "Au secours!" (Cigarette factory Girls, Zuniga, Soldiers)

I: "Voyons, brigadier..." - "Tra la la la..." (Zuniga, Don José, Carmen, Cigarette factory Girls, Soldier, Don José)

I: "Près des remparts de Séville" (Carmen, Don José)

I: "Le lieutenant!... Prenez garde." (Don José, Zuniga, Carmen)

Entr'acte

II: "Les tringles des sistres tintaient" (Carmen, Mercédès, Frasquita)

II: "Vous avez quelque chose à nous dire" (Zuniga, Lilas Pastia, Frasquita, Andrès, Mercédès, Carmen)

II: "Tout est bien alors" - "Vivat! vivat le toréro!" (Chorus, Zuniga, Mercédès, Frasquita, Escamillo, Carmen, Andrès, Lilas Pastia)

II: "Votre toast... je peux..." - "Toréador, en garde" (Escamillo, Pastia, Zuniga, Carmen, Chorus, Frasquita, Lilas Pastia, Dancaïre)

II: "La belle, un mot"

II: "Eh bien ! Vite, quelles nouvelles ? – Nous avons en tête une affaire"

II: "Mais qui donc attends-tu ?"

II: "Amoureuse... ce n'est pas une raison" - "Halte-là! Qui va là?" (Remendado, Don José, Mercédès, Frasquita, Dancaïre, Carmen)

II: "Enfin c’est toi ! – Tout doux, Monsieur"

II: "La fleur que tu m'avais jetée" (Don José)

II: "Holà! Carmen! Holà!" (Zuniga, Don José, Carmen, Dancaïre, Remendado, Gypsies)

Act II: Entr'acte

III: "Écoute, compagnon, écoute!" (Smugglers, Frasquita, Mercédès, Carmen, Don José, Dancaïre, Remendado)

III: "Mêlons!"/"Mêlons!"/"Coupons!" (Frasquita, Mercédès)

III: "Eh! bien, j'avais raison" (Dancaïre, Carmen, Remendado, Frasquita, Mercédès, Don José)

III: "Quant au douanier, c'est notre affaire! (Carmen, Mercédès, Frasquita, Gypsies, Dancaïre, Remendado)

III: "Je dis que rien ne m'épouvante" (Micaëla)

III: "Je ne me trompe pas" (Micaela)

III: "Quelques lignes plus bas"

Act III: Entr'acte

IV: "Les voici! voici la quadrille!" (Chorus)

IV: "Si tu m'aimes, Carmen" (Escamillo, Carmen, Frasquita, Mercédès)

IV: "C'est toi! - C'est-moi!" (Carmen, Don José)

Bizet's Carmen

Herbert von Karajan (stage director and conductor) – With Grace Bumbry (Carmen), Jon Vickers (Don José), Mirella Freni (Micaëla)...

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Cast

Herbert von Karajan — Stage director

Teo Otto — Scenography

Georges Wakhévitch — Costume designer

Mariemma — Choreographer

Grace Bumbry — Carmen

Jon Vickers — Don José

Justino Diaz — Escamillo

Program notes

In an all-time opera classic, the legendary Herbert von Karajan leads the Vienna Philharmonic in his own staging of Bizet's beloved Carmen, starring Grace Bumbry in the title role, Jon Vickers as Don José, and Mirella Freni as Micaëla! Presented at the 1967 Salzburg Festival, this exceptional production features the magnificent choreography of flamenco dancer Mariemma, performed by her incredible corps de ballet.

The sultry Carmen was unlike any opera heroine who had come before her, and Carmen's 1875 premiere scandalized its first audiences. Young and free-spirited with a rebellious streak and a penchant for seduction, Carmen (magnificent American mezzo Grace Bumbry) gets arrested after causing a fight in the tobacco factory where she works. Tasked with bringing her to prison, corporal Don José (legendary tenor Jon Vickers) falls for Carmen and allows her to escape. Madly in love, Don José leaves his fiancée Micaëla (Micaëla Freni, opera royalty) and abandons his post to join up with Carmen and her band of smugglers. But Carmen, ever untameable, grows bored with Don José and turns her affections toward charming toreador Escamillo (Justino Diaz). Torn apart by jealousy and despair, Don José seeks out his former paramour with murderous intentions, leading to a devastating finale…

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