| Description |
1 videodisc (154 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD9; NTSC; LPCM stereo. |
| Performer |
Elena Obraztsova (Carmen) ; Plácido Domingo (Don José) ; Yuri Mazurok (Escamillo) ; Isobel Buchanan (Micaëla) ; soloists ; Chor der Wiener Staatsoper ; Die Wiener Sängerknaben ; Ballett der Wiener Staatsoper ; Bühnenorchester & Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper ; Carlos Kleiber, conductor. |
| Credits |
Directed for stage and TV by Franco Zeffirelli ; choreographed by Rafael de Cordova ; sets, Franco Zeffirelli ; costumes, Leo Bei. |
| Event |
Recorded live at the Wiener Staatsoper, Dec. 9, 1978. |
| Note |
Program notes by Gottfried Kraus in English translation (8 p.) in container. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: Not rated. |
| Summary |
The first-ever release of Carlos Kleiber's famed Carmen on DVD! This 1978 performance features the wonder staging of Franco Zeffirelli and stars the young, lyrical Placido Domingo as Don Jose and Elena Obraztsova as a perfectly natural Carmen. |
| Language |
Sung in French; optional subtitles in French, English, German, Italian and Spanish. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Operas.
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| Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Musical films.
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| Added Author |
Meilhac, Henri, 1831-1897. Librettist.
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Halévy, Ludovic, 1834-1908. Librettist.
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Zeffirelli, Franco.
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Kleiber, Carlos, 1930-2004. Conductor.
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Domingo, Plácido, 1941- Performer.
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Obrazt︠s︡ova, Elena. Performer.
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Buchanan, Isobel. Performer.
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Mazurok, I︠U︡riĭ. Performer.
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Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor. Performer.
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Wiener Staatsoper. Ballett. Performer.
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Wiener Staatsoper. Orchester. Performer.
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Wiener Sängerknaben. Performer.
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Österreichischer Rundfunk.
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TDK Mediactive (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Carmen
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| Standard No. |
824121000974 |
| Music No. |
DVUS-CLOPCAR TDK |
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