Author:
Foil, David.
Imprint:Prince Frederick, MD : Recorded Books ; New York : Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, p2006.
Physical Description3 sound discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Note:"A guide to understanding and appreciating opera"--Container.
Note:Music CD's published: Los Angeles, Calif. : EMI Capitol Music Special Markets, p1970 (ADD).
Note:In container (17 cm.).
Note:Compact disc.
Note:Disc one contains the introduction, including background information, a synopsis of each act and scene, and a biography of each lead performer. The other two accompanying discs contain the complete opera sung in Italian.
Note:As a hot-blooded young corporal in the Spanish cavalry stationed near Seville, Don Jose is ordered to arrest Carmen, a young, flirtatious Gypsy woman, for assaulting a co-worker. Greatly charmed by her, Jose allows her to escape. He deserts the army, kills two men on Carmen's account, and takes up a life as a robber and smuggler. He is insanely jealous of Carmen, who is unfaithful to him, and when she refuses to change on his behalf, he kills her and surrenders himself to the authorities.
PerformersOrchestra of the Théâtre National de l'Opéra ; conducted by Rafael Frübbeck de Burgos ; featuring lead vocalist Grace Bumbry.
PerformersText narrated by John McDonough.
