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Carmen
Metropolitan Opera House, Thu, January 20, 1949
Carmen (443)
Georges Bizet | Henri Meilhac/Ludovic Hal?vy
- Carmen
- Ris? Stevens
- Don Jos?
- Kurt Baum
- Micaela
- Nadine Conner
- Escamillo
- Frank Guarrera
- Frasquita
- Thelma Votipka
- Merc?d?s
- Lucielle Browning
- Remendado
- Alessio De Paolis
- Danca?re
- George Cehanovsky
- Zuniga
- Lorenzo Alvary
- Moral?s
- Clifford Harvuot
- Dance
- Tilda Morse
- Dance
- Aida Alvarez
- Dance
- Leon Varkas
- Conductor
- Wilfred Pelletier
Review 1:
Review of Quaintance Eaton in Musical America
The third performance of Bizet's opera brought two changes of cast. Kurt Baum sang his first Don Jos? of the season, and Nadine Conner returned to the part of Micaela for the first time this year. Both contributed greatly to a performance of considerable merit. Mr. Baum was especially at ease in the Flower Song, which he sang with relaxed softness of tone at first, mounting to a poignant intensity at the climax. His voice was entirely under control throughout, more flexible than at some performances in the past, and often lustrous in sound. Miss Conner was an appealing and pretty Micaela, and sang with surety of pitch and projection, and purity of line and tone quality. She received the customary ovation after the third-act aria.
Ris? Stevens' Carmen was handsome, bold, frankly sensual, and variegated in its coloration of moods. Often a new subtlety in the use of her voice constituted a notable refinement over her portrayal in other seasons. Frank Guarrera repeated his pleasing Escamillo. The quintet was expertly sung by Miss Stevens, Thelma Votipka, Lucielle Browning, Alessio De Paolis and George Cehanovsky, Lorenzo Alvary, as Zuniga, and Clifford Harvuot, as Morales, made the most of their roles. Wilfred Pelletier conducted.
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- Wilfred Pelletier [Conductor]
- Ris? Stevens [Carmen]
- Kurt Baum [Don Jos?]
- Nadine Conner [Micaela]
- Frank Guarrera [Escamillo]
- Thelma Votipka [Frasquita]
- Lucielle Browning [Merc?d?s]
- Alessio De Paolis [Remendado]
- George Cehanovsky [Danca?re]
- Lorenzo Alvary [Zuniga]
- Clifford Harvuot [Moral?s]
- Tilda Morse [Dance]
- Aida Alvarez [Dance]
- Leon Varkas [Dance]