[Met Performance] CID:167490



Carmen
Metropolitan Opera House, Wed, December 29, 1954




Carmen (517)
Georges Bizet | Henri Meilhac/Ludovic Hal?vy
Carmen
Ris? Stevens

Don Jos?
Kurt Baum

Micaela
Lucine Amara

Escamillo
Frank Guarrera

Frasquita
Heidi Krall

Merc?d?s
Margaret Roggero

Remendado
Alessio De Paolis

Danca?re
George Cehanovsky

Zuniga
Norman Scott

Moral?s
Calvin Marsh

Dance
Zebra Nevins

Dance
Roland Vazquez


Conductor
Max Rudolf


Director
Tyrone Guthrie

Designer
Rolf G?rard

Choreographer
Zachary Solov

Stage Director
Dino Yannopoulos





Carmen received twelve performances this season.

Review 1:

Review signed R. M. K. in Musical America

The first hearing this season of Bizet's opera had a largely familiar cast. Max Rudolf had taken over the conductorial duties from Pierre Monteux. Mr. Rudolf's version of the work was competent; on the whole, he gave a smooth and well-paced account, though not one of the most fine-grained. Rise Stevens showed her wonted warmth of voice and acted the title role with great brio. The death scene had more than the accustomed degree of physical abandon and depths of terror. Kurt Baum, who had inherited the part of Don Jos?, was well versed in the music, but his conception of the role was too stiff. In the final scene, he was abject and not menacing enough as the avenging lover. His voice seemed in good estate, except toward the close, when it showed some stress. Frank Guarrera presented his familiar youthful and virile version of Escamillo; he sang the role with power, if not all the freedom of tone desirable in the second-act aria. Lucine Amara's portrait of Micaela was appealing and tonally very fresh, save perhaps in a few upper passages. The other roles were assigned to Norman Scott, as Zuniga; Calvin Marsh, Morales; Heidi Krall, Frasquita; Margaret Roggero, Mercedes; George Cehanovsky, Dancaire; and Alessio De Paolis, Remendado. The chorus sang and acted with considerable aplomb.



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