Carmen [videorecording] : opéra en 4 actes / [music by] Georges Bizet ; produced by ORF ; directed for stage and TV by Franco Zeffirelli.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: DV-CLOPCAR | TDKLanguage: French Publication details: Ratingen, Germany : TDK Marketing Europe, c 2004.Description: 1 videodisc (154 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 user guide (13 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.)Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • M1500.B629 C425 2004
Production credits:
  • Choreographed by Rafael de Cordova.
Elena Obraztsova (Carmen), Plácido Domingo (Don José), Yuri Mazurok (Escamillo), Isobel Buchanan (Micaëla), soloists ; Chor der Wiener Staatsoper ; Die Wiener Sängerknaben ; Ballett der Wiener Staatsoper ; Bühnenorchester & Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper ; Carlos Kleiber, conductor.Summary: In 19th century Seville, Carmen seduces a naive Army corporal, Don José, who abandons his carrer, his fiancee, and his dying mother for Carmen.
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Based on the novel by Prosper Mérimée.

Choreographed by Rafael de Cordova.

Elena Obraztsova (Carmen), Plácido Domingo (Don José), Yuri Mazurok (Escamillo), Isobel Buchanan (Micaëla), soloists ; Chor der Wiener Staatsoper ; Die Wiener Sängerknaben ; Ballett der Wiener Staatsoper ; Bühnenorchester & Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper ; Carlos Kleiber, conductor.

Recorded live at the Wiener Staatsoper, 9 December 1978.

In 19th century Seville, Carmen seduces a naive Army corporal, Don José, who abandons his carrer, his fiancee, and his dying mother for Carmen.

DVD9, all regions, full screen presentation; 2.0 Dolby.

Sung in French ; optional subtitles in French, English, German, Italian and Spanish ; liner notes in English, German and French.