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
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 &
Arnaud De Pasquale; Anne Thivierge
Gaetan Jarry; Nicolas Brooymans; Linard Vrielink; Moritz Kallenberg; Halidou Nombre; Tolzer Knabenc
Richard Suart; Kira Kaplan; Jamie MacDougall; Chloe Harris; Edward Jowle; Ross Cumming; The Orchest
Lisette Oropesa; Aigul Akhmetshina; Ismael Jordi; Roberto Tagliavini; Andrzej Filonczyk; Elissa Pfa
Cembaless
Ambur Braid; John Osborn; Gerard Schneider; Monika Buczkowska-Ward; Simon Lim; Sebastian Geyer; Dan
VOCAALLAB Nederland; Hezarfen Ensemble; Lucas Vis; Michael Raffert; Can Okan
Philipp Jekal; Maria Bengtsson; Thomas Blondelle; Elliot Woodruff; Anna Schoeck; Clemens Bieber; Ma
Markus Pettersson; Elisabet Strid; Maria Streijffert; Karl Peter Eriksson; Caspar Engdahl; Katarina
Juliana Taino; Carolina Faria; Atalla Ayan; Leonardo Neiva; Coral Paulistano; Sao Paulo Municipal S
