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
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 &
Arnaud De Pasquale; Anne Thivierge
Mario Lanza
Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper & Orchester
Simone Kermes; Choir and Orchestra Warsaw Chamber Opera; Julien Salemkour
Ramon Vinay; Martha Modl; Hans Hotter; Bayreuth Festival Orchestra; Herbert von Karajan
Olha Fomichova; Margharyta Bilokiz; Serhiy Bortnyk; Danylo Kotok; Stanislav Pashchuk; National Choi
Lisette Oropesa; Juan Diego Florez; Boris Pinkhasovich; Leonardo Cortellazzi; Michele Pertusi; Vale
Gavin Bryars
Gavin Bryars
