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Carmen
Metropolitan Opera House, Sat, October 20, 1979
Debut : William Johns
Carmen (763)
Georges Bizet | Henri Meilhac/Ludovic Hal?vy
- Carmen
- Viorica Cortez
- Don Jos?
- William Johns [Debut]
- Micaela
- Teresa Kubiak
- Escamillo
- Lenus Carlson
- Frasquita
- Louise Wohlafka
- Merc?d?s
- Isola Jones
- Remendado
- Andrea Velis
- Danca?re
- Russell Christopher
- Zuniga
- Philip Booth
- Moral?s
- John Darrenkamp
- Set & Projection Designer
- Josef Svoboda
- Conductor
- James Conlon
- Production
- G?ran Gentele
- Costume Designer
- David Walker
- Lighting Designer
- Gil Wechsler
- Choreographer
- Alvin Ailey
- Stage Director
- Bodo Igesz
Carmen received twenty-two performances this season.
Review 1:
Review of Robert Jacobson in Opera News
Judging from the first two acts of the "Carmen" revival (Oct 20), newcomer William Johns, an American with extensive European experience, supplied a sturdy Don Jos?, sensitively sung (including the soft ending for the flower song), but without much individuality or brilliance, his acting of the hang-dog variety. The performance on the whole was either serviceable or dull, beginning with James Conlon's well prepared, but unpoetic, unbuoyant reading. Viorica Cortez' gypsy girl was a compendium of vocal uncertainties - pitch, knitting the registers, edginess and so much tone that a simple French "a" was out of the question - and she played the role as a lively sexpot caricature, relying on chesty sounds and hands-on-hips sultriness. Teresa Kubiak sounded flavorless as Micaela, and Lenus Carlson rasped the bottom third of his baritone, lacking the grand line for Escamillo.
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Met careers
- James Conlon [Conductor]
- Viorica Cortez [Carmen]
- William Johns [Don Jos?]
- Teresa Kubiak [Micaela]
- Lenus Carlson [Escamillo]
- Louise Wohlafka [Frasquita]
- Isola Jones [Merc?d?s]
- Andrea Velis [Remendado]
- Russell Christopher [Danca?re]
- Philip Booth [Zuniga]
- John Darrenkamp [Moral?s]
- G?ran Gentele [Production]
- Bodo Igesz [Stage Director]
- Alvin Ailey [Choreographer]
- Josef Svoboda [Set & Projection Designer]
- David Walker [Costume Designer]
- Gil Wechsler [Lighting Designer]