[Met Performance] CID:149700



Carmen
Metropolitan Opera House, Wed, February 2, 1949




Carmen (444)
Georges Bizet | Henri Meilhac/Ludovic Hal?vy
Carmen
Ris? Stevens

Don Jos?
Charles Kullman

Micaela
Eleanor Steber

Escamillo
Robert Merrill

Frasquita
Anne Bollinger

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 Ronald Eyer in Musical America

Eleanor Steber, the Micaela; Charles Kullman, the Don Jose; and Robert Merrill, the Escamillo, appeared for the first time this season in their respective parts, while the title again was in the capable hands of Ris? Stevens. The interpretations these performers give are familiar ones and they change but little with the succeeding seasons. Miss Steber remains a physically attractive and appealing Micaela, although her third-act aria revealed some insecurity in pitch. Mr. Kullman retains a youthful momentum that makes his Jos? believable, and in the flower song and elsewhere, his vocalism was something more than adequate. Mr. Merrill, too, has a buoyancy that brings Escamillo to life, and his substantial voice added a welcome depth to a generally light-voiced ensemble. Miss Stevens' beautiful and realistic Carmen is now, happily, a staple of the theater and she apparently can run it off at any given place or time with complete assurance. Others in the cast were Anne Bollinger, Lucielle Browning, George Cehanovsky, Alessio De Paolis, Lorenzo Alvary and Clifford Harvuot. The conductor was Wilfred Pelletier.



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