Bizet - Carmen - Bumbry, Vickers, Freni - Karajan 1967DVD9 - NTSC - 4:3 - All Regions - PCM, DTS 5.1 - 2h43min.
Subtitles: French/German/English/French/Spanish/Chinese
Deutsche Grammophon 073 4032 5, released 2005
Performer: Mirella Freni, Olivera Miljakovic, Justino Diaz, Robert Kerns, Jon Vickers, Kurt Equiluz, Julia Hamari, Grace Bumbry, Anton Diakov, Milen Paunov
Conductor: Herbert von Karajan
Orchestra/Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Chorus, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Sofiensaal, Vienna, Austria
This spectacular opera film was taped in 1967 and is based on the 1966 Salzburg Festival production directed by Herbert von Karajan himself, who also conducts the fabulous Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
The production features the three greatest exponents of their respective roles at the time: Grace Bumbry’s magnificently seductive-toned Carmen, Mirella Freni’s ineffably lovely, touching Micaëla and Jon Vickers’s thrillingly manic-depressive Don José
On its release the film was hailed by Die Presse, (Vienna) as a “unique artistic event”, while Le Monde felt that Karajan’s production brought “a whole new dimension” to the opera, “combined with a magisterial interpretation”
A classical and utterly dramatic approach to probably the world's most beloved opera – Karajan’s Carmen is as much a delicacy for opera fans as it is a perfect starter for newcomers --Arkivmusic
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