[Met Performance] CID:173810



Carmen
Metropolitan Opera House, Sat, January 19, 1957




Carmen (543)
Georges Bizet | Henri Meilhac/Ludovic Hal?vy
Carmen
Ris? Stevens

Don Jos?
Mario Del Monaco

Micaela
Hilde G?den

Escamillo
Frank Guarrera

Frasquita
Heidi Krall

Merc?d?s
Rosalind Elias

Remendado
Alessio De Paolis

Danca?re
George Cehanovsky

Zuniga
Osie Hawkins

Moral?s
Clifford Harvuot

Dance
Vittorio Korjhan [Last performance]

Dance
Zebra Nevins


Conductor
Dimitri Mitropoulos







Review 1:

Review signed R. K. in Musical America

Despite some last minute changes in cast, this performance of "Carmen" was smooth and not without spirit. Rise Stevens, in the title role, was not in best vocal form, but her experience carried her through securely and successfully. Mario Del Monaco, substituting for Kurt Baum, sang Don Jos? with ringing power, although his typically Italian operatic approach may have been a bit out of keeping in the r?le. Rosalind Elias, replacing the indisposed Margaret Roggero, sang the role of Mercedes for the first time at the Metropolitan. Her fresh young voice had a clean-cut tang that was a pleasure to hear. She knew just where to let it ring forth and where to blend it into the trios and quintets to make it most effective. Although the r?le is a minor one, Miss Elias made it a major asset so far as the scene in the tavern is concerned. Vitorio Korhjan replaced Peter Saul in the solo dance in Act IV. Dimitri Mitropoulos conducted.



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