Release Date: 27 March 2026
Label: Chateau De Versailles Spectacles / Outhere / Chateau Versailles
Packaging Type: Clamshell
No of Units: 3
Barcode: 3760385430713
Composer/Series: Bizet
Description
In a dreamlike vision of Spain, where scorching sun meets simmering tensions, Carmen embodies a magnetic, defiant figure driven by one desire: to live free. Around her, hearts falter--from Don Jose, the soldier consumed by obsessive love, to Escamillo, the flamboyant toreador. With Carmen, Georges Bizet created more than an opera; he composed a theatre of human passion, where romantic impulses, wounded pride, and an ominous sense of fate collide. Premiered in 1875 to a reception of near indifference, the work has since claimed its place as one of the great pinnacles of Western operatic art. This recording, brought to life by an outstanding cast and a sharply defined musical interpretation, captures the full modernity and emotional power of Bizet's score--affirming Carmen as a revolutionary work that remains as vibrant and resonant as ever.
Vincent Dumestre; Le Poeme Harmonique; Charlotte La Thrope; Paul-Antoine Benos-Djian; Hugo Hymas; T
Louise Ayrton
Les Timbres; Myriam Rignol; Yoko Kawakubo; Julien Wolfs
Marie Lys; Gaetan Jarry; Orchestre de l'Opera Royal
Christophe Rousset; Veronique Gens; Olivier Gourdy; Jean-Sebastien Bou; Ambroisine Bre; Laurence Ki
Bastien Rimondi; Theotime Langlois de Swarte; Victor Sicard; Orchestre de l'Opera Royal; Lauranne O
Les Pages du Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles; Les Chantres du Centre de Musique Baroque de
Herve Niquet; Choeur &
Wang Huandong/Orchestra Filarmonica della Calabria/Filippo Arlia
Neue Vocalsolisten; Zafraan Ensemble; Yalda Zamani
Mert Sungu; Catherine Trottmann; Nathanael Tavernier; Luis Magallanes; Juan Jose Medina; Camilla Ca
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf; Christa Ludwig; Otto Edelmann; Eberhard Wachter; Philharmonia Orchestra; Her
Christophe Dumaux; Olga Kulchynska; Lucile Richardot; Federico Fiorio; Yuriy Mynenko; Andrei Zhilik
Chorus of Opera North; Orchestra of Opera North; James Holmes; Oliver Rundell
Cecilia Bartoli; Lea Desandre; Nadezhda Karyazina; Philippe Jaroussky; Angela Winkler; Il Canto di
Anna Netrebko; Amartuvshin Enkhbat; Galeano Salas; Christian Van Horn; Francesca Di Sauro; Gabriele
