Скачать или смотреть Bizet: Carmen [in English] Braithwaite (1975) Pring, Remedios, Curphey, Chard

Nicholas Braithwaite, English National Opera Orchestra
(Recorded 15th February, 1975, London Coliseum)

Carmen — Katherine Pring
Don José — Alberto Remedios
Micaëla — Margaret Curphey
Escamillo — Geoffrey Chard
Frasquita — Audrey Gunn
Mercédès — Anne Conoley
Dancaïre — John Kitchiner
Remendado — Terry Jenkins
Zuniga — Dennis Wicks
Moralès — Patrick Wheatley

The production was by John Copley. The stage designs were by Stefanos Lazaridis. The costumes were by David Walker. The English translation was by Nell and John Moody.

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Elizabeth Forbes in "Opera" magazine wrote:

"By the time that this notice gets into print, "Carmen" will have achieved its 100th birthday. First heard on 3rd March, 1875, Bizet's opera retains all its youthful vitality, as the revival of John Copley's exciting production at the Coliseum amply demonstrated. If the production had inevitably lost some sharpness of focus in the five years since it was new, the tension generated by the work itself was as compelling as ever.
Katherine Pring, very different from the conventional, flouncing, hands-on-hips gypsy girl, had deepened and matured her performance of Carmen. Though vibrant with a fierce energy, she impressed most in her moments of absolute stillness—during the first part of the "Card Trio", for instance, or at the end, when, her back literally to the wall, she faced death with proud dignity and courage. She sang the "Habanera" and the "Seguidilla" lightly, playfully almost, and it was not until the central section of the quintet that she allowed any profound emotion to escape. Her rage, after the bugle call sounding retreat, was truly formidable.
Alberto Remedios, new to Don José, will surely become an outstanding exponent of the role. At this performance, the second in the series, his delivery of the dialogue in the first act was still rather tentative, but he sang the duet with Micaëla and also the "Flower Song" with warmly lyrical, unforced tone and deep feeling. If the slanging match with Escamillo was less convincing, the heroic declamation at the end of the third act was splendidly managed, and he brought a shattering sense of total despair to the final scene.
Margaret Curphey hardly suggested the extreme youth and innocence of Micaëla, but she sang her aria with so grandly drawn a line and such richness of voice that the ovation she obtained was fully deserved. Geoffrey Chard mercilessly pinned down the fatuous and boastfully self-satisfied aspects of Escamillo's character, without giving much evidence of the brave, death-defying popular hero who would, presumably, appeal to Carmen.
The conductor, Nicholas Braithwaite, found delicacy as well as fire in the score, and inspired chorus and orchestra to give generously of their best."

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ACT 1:

0:00:00 — No. 1: Prelude
0:03:30 — No. 2: "All around here people wander" (Scene and Chorus)
0:09:25 — No. 3: "With the guard that comes on duty" (Chorus)
0:14:39 — No. 4: "There's the factory bell" (Chorus)
0:19:56 — No. 5: "Love's a bird that will live in freedom" (Habanera)
0:23:36 — No. 6: "Carmen! Like your shadow we follow you!" (Scene)
0:25:23 — No. 7: "Oh, tell me all about her!" (Duet)
0:34:21 — No. 8: "Come and help! Come and help!" (Chorus)
0:37:42 — No. 9: "Tralalalalalalala" (Song and Melodrama)
0:41:12 — No. 10: "Close by the walls of Sevilla" (Seguidilla and Duet)
0:45:25 — No. 11: "Here's the order; now go" (Finale)

ACT 2:

0:47:44 — Entr'acte
0:49:25 — No. 12: "The triangles they used to play" (Song)
0:55:26 — No. 13: "Hurrah! Long live the torero!" (Chorus)
0:56:36 — No. 14: "To your toast, I now drink another" (Song and Chorus)
1:04:11 — No. 15: "We've a little plan, very clever!" (Quintet)
1:09:37 — No. 16: "Hey, hola! Who goes there?" (Song)
1:12:28 — No. 17a: "Now I will dance only for you" (Duet)
1:17:46 — No. 17b: "Here is the flower that you gave me" (Aria)
1:22:19 — No. 17c: "No, you are not in love!" (Duet)
1:26:33 — No. 18: "Hola! Carmen! Hola! Hola!" (Finale)

ACT 3:

1:31:36 — Entr'acte
1:34:12 — No. 19: "Be careful, be careful" (Sextet and Chorus)
1:39:58 — No. 20: "Shuffle! Cut them!" (Trio)
1:47:51 — No. 21: "Leave our three guards for us to deal with!" (Trio with Chorus)
1:51:04 — No. 22: "I said there was nothing could scare me" (Aria)
1:57:33 — No. 23: "My name is Escamillo, toreador of Granada" (Duet)
2:02:38 — No. 24: "Hola! Hola! José!" (Finale)

ACT 4:

2:11:42 — Entr'acte
2:14:02 — No. 25: "Two pesetas! Two pesetas!" (Chorus)
2:16:20 — No. 26a: "Here they are, here come the cuadrilla!" (March and Chorus)
2:19:52 — No. 26b: "If you love me, Carmen" (Duet and Scene)
2:23:08 — No. 27: "José!"..."Carmen!" (Duet and Chorus)

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"Carmen" is an opera by George Bizet, with a French libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy. The libretto is based on a novella of the same name by Prosper Mérimée. It was first performed at the Opéra Comique in Paris on 3rd March, 1875.